(mm-encode-coding-string string 'utf-8)
string))))
+(unless (fboundp 'process-live-p)
+ (defun process-live-p (process)
+ "Returns non-nil if PROCESS is alive.
+A process is considered alive if its status is `run', `open',
+`listen', `connect' or `stop'. Value is nil if PROCESS is not a
+process."
+ (and (processp process)
+ (memq (process-status process)
+ '(run open listen connect stop)))))
+
(provide 'gnus-compat)
;; gnus-compat.el ends here