better construction of plain text

Author: Richard Jones

roundup/mailer.py

@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ def get_standard_message(self, to, subject, author=None, multipart=False):
         if multipart:
             message = MIMEMultipart()
         else:
-            message = Message()
-            message.set_type('text/plain')
+            message = MIMEText("")
             message.set_charset(charset)
 
         try:
@@ -98,8 +97,6 @@ def get_standard_message(self, to, subject, author=None, multipart=False):
         # finally, an aid to debugging problems
         message['X-Roundup-Version'] = __version__
 
-        message['MIME-Version'] = '1.0'
-
         return message
 
     def standard_message(self, to, subject, content, author=None):