1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/deluge/plugins/Notifications/deluge_notifications/core.py b/deluge/plugins/Notifications/deluge_notifications/core.py
index 9eede4576..aa200f9bd 100644
--- a/deluge/plugins/Notifications/deluge_notifications/core.py
+++ b/deluge/plugins/Notifications/deluge_notifications/core.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Pedro Algarvio <pedro@algarvio.me>
 #
@@ -12,8 +11,6 @@
 # See LICENSE for more details.
 #
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 import logging
 import smtplib
 from email.utils import formatdate
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ Date: %(date)s
         message = '\r\n'.join((headers + message).splitlines())
 
         try:
-            # Python 2.6
             server = smtplib.SMTP(
                 self.config['smtp_host'], self.config['smtp_port'], timeout=60
             )
@@ -152,7 +148,7 @@ Date: %(date)s
 
         try:
             try:
-                server.sendmail(self.config['smtp_from'], to_addrs, message)
+                server.sendmail(self.config['smtp_from'], to_addrs, message.encode())
             except smtplib.SMTPException as ex:
                 err_msg = (
                     _('There was an error sending the notification email: %s') % ex