1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/email/generator.py b/Lib/email/generator.py
index 61521b8..996f9dd 100644
--- a/Lib/email/generator.py
+++ b/Lib/email/generator.py
@@ -254,8 +254,16 @@ class Generator:
         # of length 1.  The zeroth element of the list should be the Message
         # object for the subpart.  Extract that object, stringify it, and
         # write it out.
-        g.flatten(msg.get_payload(0), unixfrom=False)
-        self._fp.write(s.getvalue())
+        # Except, it turns out, when it's a string instead, which happens when
+        # and only when HeaderParser is used on a message of mime type
+        # message/rfc822.  Such messages are generated by, for example,
+        # Groupwise when forwarding unadorned messages.  (Issue 7970.)  So
+        # in that case we just emit the string body.
+        payload = msg.get_payload()
+        if isinstance(payload, list):
+            g.flatten(msg.get_payload(0), unixfrom=False)
+            payload = s.getvalue()
+        self._fp.write(payload)