function get_converted_encoding()
{
// Update comment with the text body and the creator
$body = trim($this->mail_text);
// if the email has a different encoding, change it to the DB connection encoding so mysql doesn't choke
$enc = $this->get_charset();
if ($enc) {
$db = new db_alloc();
$db->connect();
$body = mb_convert_encoding($body, $db->get_encoding(), $enc);
}
return $body;
}