Rob Brewer wrote: OK I have found the problem
> > Not sure how quoted-printable is handled in kmail. Maybe the problem is in > the sending software but this is happening on at least 2 different email > sources. > The "Override character encoding:" in the Appearance - General tab of the Configure menu was set to "Arabic (ISO 8859-6)". Changing this to "Auto" solves the problem. Maybe I set the encoding accidentally when changing my account settings recently. Thank you for your help . Rob