diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #1672568: email now always decodes base64 payloads, adding padding and
+  ignoring non-base64-alphabet characters if needed, and registering defects
+  for any such problems.
+
 - Issue #14925: email now registers a defect when the parser decides that there
   is a missing header/body separator line.  MalformedHeaderDefect, which the
   existing code would never actually generate, is deprecated.