On 11/06/11 03:57, � "the dark oracle" wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:01:36 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 11/06/11 01:02, � "the dark oracle" wrote: > <snipped> > > Scott, let's see if this works: open Icedove and create a new folder > (name it "test" or "the dark oracle", at your wish...). Then copy here > (do not move but copy as we don't want to mangle nor lose your e-mails) a > bunch of my e-mails that show the bad character. > > Then right-click over that folder and select "Properties". In the first > tab you will find an option for character encoding. If it is set to > "utf-8" change it to "iso-8859-1" (or viceversa, if it is set to > "iso-8859-1" set it to "utf-8"). Check "[x] Apply the default..." and > click "Accept" or "OK".
I tried that, and most of the available character encodings - none fixed all of the weird characters. I also tried with "Apply default to all messages in the folder (individual message character encoding settings and auto-detection will be ignored)" unselected. I'm wondering if my use of localepurge and only the one locale LANG="en_AU.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_AU:en" might be part of the problem. To that end I'm reading up on locales and character encoding in Debian - I'll then try a few variations in a VirtualBox machine, including trying another email agent. It'll probably take a couple of days to find the time - but I'll post my results when I resolve the issue. Thanks for your suggestions. > > (put drums here) ?? > > Greetings, > Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df34c6b.2070...@gmail.com
