X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Fmessage.py;h=e71dbe3e9933011d334d3ed18990d6fa2844693d;hp=d242097a8299eff8885db7c93a64e9b3b1de8b27;hb=HEAD;hpb=045f0e455ac94e2393d0d729c9bbdf3459a4860f

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
index d242097a..e71dbe3e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import sys
 
 
 class Message(Python3StringMixIn):
-    """Represents a single Email message
+    r"""Represents a single Email message
 
     Technically, this wraps the underlying *notmuch_message_t*
     structure. A user will usually not create these objects themselves
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ class Message(Python3StringMixIn):
         if status != 0:
             raise NotmuchError(status)
 
+        if value is None or value.value is None:
+            return None
         return value.value.decode('utf-8')
 
     def get_properties(self, prop="", exact=False):