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Special letters like äöüßÄÖÜ are sent as ?? in each email!

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gero.klingler
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Hi, since the new update special (German) letters are not sent porperly. Each of the following letters äüößÄÜÖ are sent as ??. How can I fix this problem. Many thanks in advance!

>>I am using the latest Thunderbird version: 60.7.2 (64-bit) on a Mac Pro with MacOS Mojave

Hi, since the new update special (German) letters are not sent porperly. Each of the following letters äüößÄÜÖ are sent as ??. How can I fix this problem. Many thanks in advance! >>I am using the latest Thunderbird version: 60.7.2 (64-bit) on a Mac Pro with MacOS Mojave
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sfhowes
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Open Preferences/Advanced/General/Config. editor and double-click the pref. mail.strictly_mime to true, OK to close Options.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1260169