[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I'm setting up a webmail system, with qmail/courier IMAP at the backend.
>
> One of my users today setup mail so his from: lines had more detail. It
>should look like:
>
> From: User O'Surname <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Instead, it's;
>
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?User=D3_Sur?=
>    name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> What can cause header's to be wierdly encoded like that ?

Probably the MUA (webmail?) being extra careful 'cause of the single
quote character.

User O'Surname should try configuring it to use:

  "User O'Surname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

or

  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (User O'Surname)

-Dave

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