Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers [Solved]
On 12/06/11 02:38, � wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:20:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>> On 11/06/11 22:04, Camaleón wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>>> 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
>
> Sure? :-)
Yes - which, given the above explanation, explains why I see the black
diamond.
>
> Follow the instructions I provided earlier and switch to "western
> european (iso-8859-1)", then click on the "apply default to all messages
> in the folder..." and finally click "OK". That should do the trick or at
> least it does in my case.
[drumroll and rimshot]
And it does in mine! - when I apply it to the sub-folder of my Inbox to
which all messages from debian-user are moved by tonequilla.
Strangely it does not work with the sub-folder I created yesterday, and
copied some emails in with. Go figure.
>
>>> 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
The email I tried in Kmail was one I "saved" from Icedove - perhaps
Icedove modified it? Whether viewed in utf-8 or iso-8859-1.
<snipped>
Thank you muchly!
I'm still going to have to study up on character encoding and locales,
but my debian-user emails now display as they should (and you've lost a
cool icon!).
Greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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