.B \-decodetext
switch enables a transformation to decode each base64 and
quoted-printable text message part to the selected 8bit or 7bit
-encoding. If the decoded text would not fit the selected encoding as
-defined by RFC-2045, the part is not decoded.
+encoding. If 7bit is selected for a base64 part but it will only fit
+8bit, as defined by RFC-2045, then it will be decoded to 8bit
+quoted-printable. Otherwise, if the decoded text would not fit the
+selected encoding, the part is not decoded (and a message will be
+displayed if
+.B \-verbose
+is enabled).
.PP
The
.B \-textcodeset