diff --git a/ActiveSync/SOGoMailObject+ActiveSync.m b/ActiveSync/SOGoMailObject+ActiveSync.m
index 85a1bb61e..6cc06e3d0 100644
--- a/ActiveSync/SOGoMailObject+ActiveSync.m
+++ b/ActiveSync/SOGoMailObject+ActiveSync.m
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ struct GlobalObjectId {
                          performed: b];
         }
     }
-  else if ([thePart isKindOfClass: [NGMimeBodyPart class]])
+  else if ([thePart isKindOfClass: [NGMimeBodyPart class]] || [thePart isKindOfClass: [NGMimeMessage class]])
     {
       NGMimeFileData *fdata;
       id body;
@@ -366,8 +366,7 @@ struct GlobalObjectId {
 
   if (message)
     {
-      [self _sanitizedMIMEPart: [message body]
-                     performed: &b];
+      [self _sanitizedMIMEPart: message  performed: &b];
 
       if (b)
         {
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4856bb7aa..2d2fa423c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Bug fixes
  - correctly set MeetingStatus for EAS on iOS devices
  - Ubuntu Lucid fixes for EAS
  - fix calendar reminders for future events (#3008)
+ - make sure all text parts are UTF-8 re-encoded for Outlook 2013 over EAS (#3003)
  
 2.2.11a (2014-12-10)
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