-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Björn Persson wrote: <snip> "g" wrote: >> Björn Persson wrote: >>> everything as UTF-8? >> yes. 8859 throws up garbage characters just as bad as utf-8, but utf-8 >> tends to keep it down to 1 or 2. > > Do you often receive emails that are encoded in UTF-8 but claim to be some > other encoding? If not, I suggest that you stop enforcing any particular > encoding. Let Thunderbird use the encoding that is specified in each > individual message, and all will be good as long as the messages adhere to > standards. i tried that but type would change in size and i had to squint or lean back to read messages, along with stretching page sides. after going thru a lot of trouble, i have *all* settings to utf-8 and do best i can to figure out what crude is. as an example, you and several others, in some cases, your Björn is as here, in other places, it is an inverse question mark in a 45 degree rotated black square. some places, 'sender' column, it is just ? in 45 box. and i do note that it does depend on where you are sending from. which shows me that you do not have all you email set up same way. [yes, i use <ctrl+u> often] > You may also want to review the thread "Curious characters in Thunderbird on > Linux...", started by Kevin Martin last Wednesday, 17:15:13-05:00. yes, i have been following it. and one of places you have ? boxed in sender. which, all in all, tends to tell me you like to play around. not knocking. just commenting. ;0) - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIlj3S+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAhz4AKCEqXoPtnQ4Jf6F6b57Fz2oUD/SJACggrKM POCameIC+nPAaPqd2OA3IV8= =/zNc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
