Sending mail in Unicode is broken

04-02-2008

Sending html mail in Unicode seems broken - at least for Cyrillic encoding.

Even before sending, in the outbox, the message is already gibberish.
Ok, changed encoding manually to UTF-8, it looks ok then.
Edited it and saved in Outbox again: reverts to gibberish again.
Changed encoding to something else and back to UTF-8: readable again.
Sent to a gmail account. Received gibberish and no way to choose a correct
encoding,
selecting utf-8 or any Cyrillic encoding does not help.

Details: WinXP SP2 Pro with IE7, fully updated; both current user & default
OS language is English.

For now, have to send "as is" or.... use Google mail.
Duh. The beta is over, but the beta quality still here....

Regards,
--PA

04-03-2008

Have you made sure you've changed the International Settings under
Tools/Options and the Send tab?

Colin Brown
WL MVP

"Pavel A." <pavel_a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#mjLKIPlIHA.5160@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> Sending html mail in Unicode seems broken - at least for Cyrillic > encoding. > > Even before sending, in the outbox, the message is already gibberish. > Ok, changed encoding manually to UTF-8, it looks ok then. > Edited it and saved in Outbox again: reverts to gibberish again. > Changed encoding to something else and back to UTF-8: readable again. > Sent to a gmail account. Received gibberish and no way to choose a correct > encoding, > selecting utf-8 or any Cyrillic encoding does not help. > > Details: WinXP SP2 Pro with IE7, fully updated; both current user & > default OS language is English. > > For now, have to send "as is" or.... use Google mail. > Duh. The beta is over, but the beta quality still here.... > > Regards, > --PA > >

04-03-2008

"Colin Brown WLMVP" <Hackersoft1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ABF48B92-20B1-47D4-BDF6-E81B680ADC86@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> Have you made sure you've changed the International Settings under > Tools/Options and the Send tab? > > Colin Brown > WL MVP

No I haven't. Why this is neded?
The default encoding is left as "Western European (ISO)".

--PA

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> "Pavel A." <pavel_a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#mjLKIPlIHA.5160@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>> Sending html mail in Unicode seems broken - at least for Cyrillic >> encoding. >> >> Even before sending, in the outbox, the message is already gibberish. >> Ok, changed encoding manually to UTF-8, it looks ok then. >> Edited it and saved in Outbox again: reverts to gibberish again. >> Changed encoding to something else and back to UTF-8: readable again. >> Sent to a gmail account. Received gibberish and no way to choose a >> correct encoding, >> selecting utf-8 or any Cyrillic encoding does not help. >> >> Details: WinXP SP2 Pro with IE7, fully updated; both current user & >> default OS language is English. >> >> For now, have to send "as is" or.... use Google mail. >> Duh. The beta is over, but the beta quality still here.... >> >> Regards, >> --PA >> >>

04-02-2008	#1 (permalink)
Pavel A. Guest	Sending mail in Unicode is broken Sending html mail in Unicode seems broken - at least for Cyrillic encoding. Even before sending, in the outbox, the message is already gibberish. Ok, changed encoding manually to UTF-8, it looks ok then. Edited it and saved in Outbox again: reverts to gibberish again. Changed encoding to something else and back to UTF-8: readable again. Sent to a gmail account. Received gibberish and no way to choose a correct encoding, selecting utf-8 or any Cyrillic encoding does not help. Details: WinXP SP2 Pro with IE7, fully updated; both current user & default OS language is English. For now, have to send "as is" or.... use Google mail. Duh. The beta is over, but the beta quality still here.... Regards, --PA

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