This rule in .procmailrc used to work to decode RFC2047-encoded Subject fields : :0 * ^Subject:.*=\? { :0 h S=| formail -cx Subject: | \ perl -MEncode=from_to -pe 'from_to $_, "MIME-Header", "utf-8"' :0 fhw | formail -i "Subject: $S" } It fails now, producing an empty Subject: field. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. add the rule showed above in .procmailrc ; 2. echo 'Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Bonne_ann=C3=A9e_!?=' | procmail ; 3. a new message should show up in your mailbox, bearing the date 1/1/70. Actual Results: The new message reads : Old-Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Bonne_ann=C3=A9e_!?= Subject: Expected Results: It should have been : Old-Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Bonne_ann=C3=A9e_!?= Subject: Bonne année ! The problem started in Fedora 37, around April 2023, I think.