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Fix for odd chars in email? set to unicode utf-8. TBird v 60.3.1

Cliffg replied
Gene Webb

A number of people have told me that my emails sometimes show odd chars. eg 6/1/18��� Sister Act ��� ��� Sat 2.30

I have looked it up online and checked that my in going and outgoing encoding of emails is set to unicode utf-8

I use Thunderbird v 60.3.1 (32-bit) and I'm using windows 10 home

My understanding is that it is a mismatch between my encoding setting and the email recipients.

Is that right?

Anything I can do?

A number of people have told me that my emails sometimes show odd chars. eg 6/1/18��� Sister Act ��� ��� Sat 2.30 I have looked it up online and checked that my in going and outgoing encoding of emails is set to unicode utf-8 I use Thunderbird v 60.3.1 (32-bit) and I'm using windows 10 home My understanding is that it is a mismatch between my encoding setting and the email recipients. Is that right? Anything I can do?

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smtp.mail.yahoo.com and pop.mail.yahoo.com It's puzzling because it doesn't always happen

Thankyou very much- have done that. Time will tell whether the issue is resolved

In response to question "Are you sending through an ATT/Yahoo account?" My email is thru ALO. Thanks, & hopefully you can help.