Is the use of PEAR package Mail_Mime recommended for handling email header decoding in PHP?

When handling email headers in PHP, using the PEAR package Mail_Mime is not recommended as it is outdated and not actively maintained. Instead, it is recommended to use built-in PHP functions like mb_decode_mimeheader() or iconv_mime_decode() to decode email headers. 

// Example code using mb_decode_mimeheader() to decode email header
$encodedHeader = '=?UTF-8?B?4pyIIE1haWwgTWltZSBIYXJ2ZXk=?=';
$decodedHeader = mb_decode_mimeheader($encodedHeader);
echo $decodedHeader;

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PEAR Mail_Mime email header decoding PHP

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