function _quotedPrintableEncode($input , $line_max = 76)
    {
        $eol = $this->_eol;
        /*
        // imap_8bit() is extremely fast, but doesn't handle properly some characters
        if (function_exists('imap_8bit') && $line_max == 76) {
            $input = preg_replace('/\r?\n/', "\r\n", $input);
            $input = imap_8bit($input);
            if ($eol != "\r\n") {
                $input = str_replace("\r\n", $eol, $input);
            }
            return $input;
        }
        */
        $lines  = preg_split("/\r?\n/", $input);
        $escape = '=';
        $output = '';

        while (list($idx, $line) = each($lines)) {
            $newline = '';
            $i = 0;

            while (isset($line[$i])) {
                $char = $line[$i];
                $dec  = ord($char);
                $i++;

                if (($dec == 32) && (!isset($line[$i]))) {
                    // convert space at eol only
                    $char = '=20';
                } elseif ($dec == 9 && isset($line[$i])) {
                    ; // Do nothing if a TAB is not on eol
                } elseif (($dec == 61) || ($dec < 32) || ($dec > 126)) {
                    $char = $escape . sprintf('%02X', $dec);
                } elseif (($dec == 46) && (($newline == '')
                    || ((strlen($newline) + strlen("=2E")) >= $line_max))
                ) {
                    // Bug #9722: convert full-stop at bol,
                    // some Windows servers need this, won't break anything (cipri)
                    // Bug #11731: full-stop at bol also needs to be encoded
                    // if this line would push us over the line_max limit.
                    $char = '=2E';
                }

                // Note, when changing this line, also change the ($dec == 46)
                // check line, as it mimics this line due to Bug #11731
                // EOL is not counted
                if ((strlen($newline) + strlen($char)) >= $line_max) {
                    // soft line break; " =\r\n" is okay
                    $output  .= $newline . $escape . $eol;
                    $newline  = '';
                }
                $newline .= $char;
            } // end of for
            $output .= $newline . $eol;
            unset($lines[$idx]);
        }
        // Don't want last crlf
        $output = substr($output, 0, -1 * strlen($eol));
        return $output;
    }