mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote:
Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
I have noticed that sometimes SM will guess wrong when I select a
message in a mail folder, but if I navigate away and then return it'll
guess right. I don't know why that is -- it seems to be sticking to the
encoding it used for the previous message that I just deleted.
I've noticed that too, and it may be the root of Alexandre's problem. It
seems that SeaMonkey correctly detects the encoding when opening
messages in the "message pane", but doesn't actually use that encoding
until the next message is opened, and doesn't detect the encoding at all
when opening them in a separate window (just using the last-detected
encoding from the message pane).
That also affects opening previously saved drafts. So, for example:
- Start composing a message with UTF-8 encoding (like Paul, that's my
default) and include a character not covered by the standard ASCII set
(in my case, usually "£") ...
Interesting. What you call "standard ASCII" is what we used to call
"high ASCII." The first 128 characters (up to ... xyz{|}~€ in Windows
Character Map) are the most basic, and the last 127 (beginning with
‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ) sometimes cause trouble. The high ASCII set also
includes the accented Western characters mentioned by the OP, such as
àáâãäåæçèéê..., but not Eastern European characters such as ăĺčďů.
At any rate, if high ASCII is causing problems, that suggests that SM is
trying for some reason to make do with a seven-bit encoding instead of
eight bits.
To be honest, I've got to the point where I barely notice this and just
automatically tap F8 a couple of times when a message isn't displayed
correctly. That it's become an automatic reaction isn't a particularly
good sign, but that may be a workaround until the problem is fixed
properly.
That F8's a good tip, thanks.
--
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Paul B. Gallagher
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