Weird. What's the kannel version you're on? I've just tested (I'm also using sqlbox) via inserting the record into send_sms with @ without specifying charset or coding it works just fine.
2012/4/21 Anshu Sah <sah.an...@ymail.com> > Hi, > > I have set alt-charset = "utf-8" and also sending charset = 'utf-8' via > sqlbox. But '@' is shown as '!' to my customers. > > Please suggest. > > > Regards > Anshu Sah > >