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Hi ! - "special caracters/tab/enter" ... SENT: "äööäöläpüpoi dsdfs df.s,dmg#ää#l" / changes to INBOX: "?????l?p?poi dsdfs df.s,dmg#??#l" - why ?

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kundi_no_one_else
kundi_no_one_else

hello ! - I don't know - but since a short time (maybe the last automatic thunderbird update) it is not really possible to use the program any more - as all my emails - that I respond are getting questionmarks in the place of "tab/ enter/ or special caracters - that makes my emails "unreadable". I already have tried to change the text encoding from western or unicode - but does not really help ? - I can not remember that I had this problem already before - and I am using thunderbird since more than 5 years. can someone please help me ?

thanks a lot !!!!

hello ! - I don't know - but since a short time (maybe the last automatic thunderbird update) it is not really possible to use the program any more - as all my emails - that I respond are getting questionmarks in the place of "tab/ enter/ or special caracters - that makes my emails "unreadable". I already have tried to change the text encoding from western or unicode - but does not really help ? - I can not remember that I had this problem already before - and I am using thunderbird since more than 5 years. can someone please help me ? thanks a lot !!!!
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Hello kundi_no_one_ else,

That must be pretty frustrating .....

Would you try this please :
Go to the Configuration Editor (Tools, Options, Advanced, General, Config Editor).
Scroll down to mail.strictly_mime
Click on it and change it from "false" to true.
That should do the trick ….. (fingers crossed).

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/config-editor

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kundi_no_one_else
kundi_no_one_else Question owner

Hi - it's me again.

- some more details. - also correct sent emails from others, now look like that:

"Damit Sie auch f??r das zweite Ger??t eine Pr??mie"

or

" ?

Have you ever experienced something like this?

?

Atenciosamente / Saludos / Mit freundlichen Gr??en / Best Regards

" thanks again !

McCoy
McCoy

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Hello kundi_no_one_ else,

That must be pretty frustrating .....

Would you try this please :
Go to the Configuration Editor (Tools, Options, Advanced, General, Config Editor).
Scroll down to mail.strictly_mime
Click on it and change it from "false" to true.
That should do the trick ….. (fingers crossed).

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/config-editor

kundi_no_one_else
kundi_no_one_else Question owner

Hello ! Thanks a lot McCoy ! it worked ! - finally I can respond emails again - without being afraid sending "??!?!?!XX?!" ;-)

thanks a lot ! - great job !

McCoy
McCoy

My pleasure - I'm so glad that everything is back to normal !