Fix for odd chars in email? set to unicode utf-8. TBird v 60.3.1
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?
All Replies (6)
Are you sending through an ATT/Yahoo account?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1206273#answer-1080798
smtp.mail.yahoo.com and pop.mail.yahoo.com It's puzzling because it doesn't always happen
Try the fix given in the link: Open Tools/Options/Advanced/General/Config. editor and double-click the preference mail.strictly_mime to true, OK to close Options.
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.
Cliffg said
In response to question "Are you sending through an ATT/Yahoo account?" My email is thru ALO. Thanks, & hopefully you can help.
Do you mean AOL? It's part of the Verizon/Yahoo/AOL conglomerate, so I would change the preference as mentioned above and see if it makes any difference.