In thunderbird and outlook default character set is set in configuration. In SquirrelMail and any other imap program, that depends on information provided by IMAP server, default email character set is always US-ASCII.
> That was supposed to be: > 1. Why does squirrelmail print it out with ? marks, when e-mail clients > I've tested (thunderbird & outlook) output the e-mails with correct > letters > > Arnór Heiðar wrote: > >> Ok, now this is freaking me out. >> >> I've modified the code so it corrects the headers, but it's still the >> same way. >> >> I've got two questions: >> >> 2. Why does the text print out incorrectly when viewing e-mails, but >> when you press reply, the text is displayed correctly? >> >> This is the new header information: >> >> |Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Delivery-date: Wed, 03 May 2006 14:31:42 +0000 >> Received: from nobody by virtual.netvistun.is with local (Exim 4.52) >> id 1FbIOC-0004MH-PK >> for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 03 May 2006 14:31:41 +0000 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Addco ehf Fyrirspurn >> From: awreaserrsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> X-Priority: 3 >> X-MSMail-Priority: Low >> Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> X-Mailer: Mambo Open Source 4.5 >> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 14:31:40 +0000 >> X-Netvistun-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more >> information >> X-Netvistun-MailScanner: Found to be clean >> X-Netvistun-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=2.465, >> required 5, BAYES_00 -2.60, HTML_00_10 0.80, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, >> HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG 1.08, HTML_SHORT_LENGTH 1.57, >> MIME_HTML_ONLY 0.00, MISSING_MIMEOLE 1.61, NO_RELAYS -0.00) >> X-Netvistun-MailScanner-SpamScore: ss >> X-Netvistun-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Best wishes, >> Arnor Heidar >> | >> Arnór Heiðar wrote: >> >>> Ahhh.. beautiful, it's actually partly my fault, I had noticed that >>> mambo was forming the headers incorrectly but I didn't know that this >>> customer was receiving the e-mail through mambo. >>> >>> // Btw. asking mambo developers to follow standars is like asking an >>> contractor to be on time. >>> >>> Thanks for all the help, I'll take care of mambo. >>> Best regards, Arnor >>> >>> Tomas Kuliavas wrote: >>> >>>>> Hi, I'm sorry about following up so late, but the problem is that >>>>> it is >>>>> one of our customers that is having these problems (and propably >>>>> more of >>>>> them, but nobody lets me know (and most are using POP3)). >>>>> >>>>> I've gotten him to give me the complete set of headers (and this is >>>>> not >>>>> easy, giving that he is a normal user). >>>>> This is what he got (I've put the whole output through filters to >>>>> make >>>>> sure all the characters don't change): >>>>> >>>>> http://netvistun.is/mail_encoding_problem.php >>>>> >>>>> He says that when he presses the reply button, the characters turn >>>>> from >>>>> questionmarks to the actuall characters. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas ? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2045.html >>>> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2047.html >>>> >>>> Contact Mambo developers and ask them to follow mime and header >>>> encoding >>>> standards. >>>> >>>> 1. 8bit header information MUST be encoded. RFC 2047. >>>> >>>> 2. Message MUST have Content-Type header with character set >>>> information. >>>> If character set information is missing, interface can't determine >>>> which >>>> character set is used. Format is defined in RFC2045. >>>> >>>> 3. Message MUST have MIME-Version header, because rfc2045 requires >>>> this >>>> header. >>>> >>>> 4. Message MUST have Content-Transfer-Encoding header. Format is >>>> defined >>>> in rfc 2045. Default header value is 7bit and your email contains 8bit >>>> text. >>>> >>>> We live in a world based on standards. SquirrelMail and your IMAP >>>> server >>>> are not the ones that violate message formating standards. >>>> >>>> Question marks are added by SquirrelMail US-ASCII decoding function. >>>> functions/decode/us_ascii.php file. I suspect that removal of this >>>> script >>>> will fix your issue. Please note that correct solution is to fix Mambo >>>> scripts. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > -- > Arnór Heiðar > Netvistun ehf. > Tæknideild > *ATHUGIÐ AÐ NÚMERIÐ HEFUR BREYST* > Beinn sími: 414-5512 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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