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Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)



On 11/06/11 22:04, Camaleón wrote:
> El 11/06/11 13:07, Scott Ferguson escribió:
>> On 11/06/11 03:57, �  "the dark oracle" wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:01:36 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/06/11 01:02, � "the dark oracle" wrote:
>>>
>> <snipped>

> 
> I asked you to test this because of this:
> 
> Wheezy, Icedove with utf-8 encoded folder:
> http://picpaste.com/Pantallazo-fOOZ92HP.png
> 
> Wheezy, Icedove with iso-8859-1 encoded folder (this is the default):
> http://picpaste.com/pics/Pantallazo-1-wcCjXhKb.1307792270.png
> 
> You see? 

Yes

> I also get the black diamond but *only* when I force a utf-8
> encoding for the folder it contains the messages and click on "apply
> default to all messages in the folder..." :-)
> 
> So... what is your default character encoding for the mail folders in
> Icedove?

UTF-8

> 
>> I'm wondering if my use of localepurge and only the one locale
>> LANG="en_AU.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_AU:en" might be part of the problem.
>> To that end I'm reading up on locales and character encoding in Debian -
>> I'll then try a few variations in a VirtualBox machine, including trying
>> another email agent. It'll probably take a couple of days to find the
>> time - but I'll post my results when I resolve the issue.
> 
> Have you tried to load the offending message under Evolution or another
> MUA? If another e-mail client also loads the wrong character, you may be
> facing a system locale mess. If Evo loads it fine, then Icedove is the
> one to blame which ineed was my first suspect ;-)

Yes. (just now). Kmail.
http://ge.tt/8IXUX15
0-1 = Kmail
3 & 4 is Icedove

> 
>>> (put drums here)
>>
>> ??
> 
> He, he... It was a kind of drum taps announcing an event :-)


Ah. I thought it was roadie humour (put riser here).

How about:-
[drumroll]
:-)

> 
> Greetings,
> 

Cheers


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