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@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ parameters, and for recursively walking over the object tree.
Here are the methods of the :class:`Message` class:
-.. class:: Message()
+.. class:: Message(policy=compat32)
- The constructor takes no arguments.
+ The *policy* argument determiens the :mod:`~email.policy` that will be used
+ to update the message model. The default value, :class:`compat32
+ <email.policy.Compat32>` maintains backward compatibility with the
+ Python 3.2 version of the email package. For more information see the
+ :mod:`~email.policy` documentation.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.3 The *policy* keyword argument was added.
.. method:: as_string(unixfrom=False, maxheaderlen=0)