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+# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
+# Author: Barry Warsaw
+# Contact: email-sig@python.org
+
+"""Class representing message/* MIME documents."""
+
+__all__ = ['MIMEMessage']
+
+from email import message
+from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart
+
+
+
+class MIMEMessage(MIMENonMultipart):
+    """Class representing message/* MIME documents."""
+
+    def __init__(self, _msg, _subtype='rfc822'):
+        """Create a message/* type MIME document.
+
+        _msg is a message object and must be an instance of Message, or a
+        derived class of Message, otherwise a TypeError is raised.
+
+        Optional _subtype defines the subtype of the contained message.  The
+        default is "rfc822" (this is defined by the MIME standard, even though
+        the term "rfc822" is technically outdated by RFC 2822).
+        """
+        MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'message', _subtype)
+        if not isinstance(_msg, message.Message):
+            raise TypeError('Argument is not an instance of Message')
+        # It's convenient to use this base class method.  We need to do it
+        # this way or we'll get an exception
+        message.Message.attach(self, _msg)
+        # And be sure our default type is set correctly
+        self.set_default_type('message/rfc822')