diff --git a/rhodecode/api/__init__.py b/rhodecode/api/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/api/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/api/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib import ext_json
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_str
 from rhodecode.lib.plugins.utils import get_plugin_settings
 from rhodecode.model.db import User, UserApiKeys
+from rhodecode.config.patches import inspect_getargspec
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@ def request_view(request):
     exposed method
     """
     # cython compatible inspect
-    from rhodecode.config.patches import inspect_getargspec
     inspect = inspect_getargspec()
 
     # check if we can find this session using api_key, get_by_auth_token
diff --git a/rhodecode/api/views/server_api.py b/rhodecode/api/views/server_api.py
--- a/rhodecode/api/views/server_api.py
+++ b/rhodecode/api/views/server_api.py
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ def get_method(request, apiuser, pattern
       ]
       error :  null
     """
-    from rhodecode.config.patches import inspect_getargspec
-    inspect = inspect_getargspec()
+    from rhodecode.config import patches
+    inspect = patches.inspect_getargspec()
 
     if not has_superadmin_permission(apiuser):
         raise JSONRPCForbidden()
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from pyramid.renderers import render_to_
 from rhodecode.model import meta
 from rhodecode.config import patches
 
-from rhodecode.config.environment import load_pyramid_environment
+from rhodecode.config.environment import load_pyramid_environment, propagate_rhodecode_config
 
 import rhodecode.events
 from rhodecode.config.config_maker import sanitize_settings_and_apply_defaults
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def make_pyramid_app(global_config, **se
 
     # Apply compatibility patches
     patches.inspect_getargspec()
+    patches.repoze_sendmail_lf_fix()
 
     load_pyramid_environment(global_config, settings)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/patches.py b/rhodecode/config/patches.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/patches.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/patches.py
@@ -158,3 +158,10 @@ def inspect_getargspec():
     inspect.getargspec = inspect.getfullargspec
 
     return inspect
+
+
+def repoze_sendmail_lf_fix():
+    from repoze.sendmail import encoding
+    from email.policy import SMTP
+
+    encoding.encode_message = lambda message, *args, **kwargs: message.as_bytes(policy=SMTP)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py b/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ Celery loader, run with::
         --scheduler rhodecode.lib.celerylib.scheduler.RcScheduler \
         --loglevel DEBUG --ini=.dev/dev.ini
 """
-from rhodecode.config.patches import inspect_getargspec, inspect_formatargspec
-inspect_getargspec()
-inspect_formatargspec()
+from rhodecode.config import patches
+patches.inspect_getargspec()
+patches.inspect_formatargspec()
 # python3.11 inspect patches for backward compat on `paste` code
+patches.repoze_sendmail_lf_fix()
 
 import sys
 import logging