python3 does not like the decode function

[sellers]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/checkWAN", line 9, in
load_entry_point('checkWAN==0.2.0', 'console_scripts', 'checkWAN')()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/checkWAN-0.2.0-py3.4.egg/checkwan/check_wan.py", line 295, in main
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/checkWAN-0.2.0-py3.4.egg/checkwan/check_wan.py", line 205, in sendmessage
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.4.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/smtplib.py", line 644, in login
(code, resp) = self.docmd(encode_base64(password.encode('ascii'), eol=''))
AttributeError: 'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'