[OU] utf-8 fonts and web mail

[r***@privat.utfors.se]

How do I do to make my web mail accept russian characters?

I tried cutting out some text in russian from the russian newspaper Pravda, and pasted
that into a mail I was writing via my web mail interface (using Opera browser, Glocalnet
Utfors web mail). Everything looked all right.

The mail returned from the mailinglist I sent it to with the russian text as only
question marks. The copy in my sent folder had likewise question marks instead of russian
characters. (I have asked the list members whether they can see the text correctly, but
have gotten no answers yet.) (I received another mail from the list with arabic
characters, and those were shown correctly. Hm?)

The only thing I can find in settings is "encode international addresses with utf-8". I
had that set already.

Any suggestions? Is it a quirk of the web site (the web mail interface) or something I
can do within Opera?

regards/Rolf

[Ledgem]

You probably need to set the encoding of the email itself. By default this option is off. In Opera 10, do this to change it:

Compose a new message.
Right click in the area where you'd type, and choose Show Fields > Encoding. This should cause a drop-down menu to appear to the right of the "To" column.
Change the encoding there. You can try for a generic Russian encoding type, or you can switch it to UTF-8 and see if it works. UTF isn't always as ideal as it should be, though...

It's possible to permanently change the default encoding type for a mail account (different mail accounts can have different defaults). It's also possible to have that encoding field permanently switched on (again, on a per-account basis). Those options can be found by hunting around the mail account preferences. Or it's possible that I'm forgetting something - the encoding field might stay on with the mail account that you switched it on for, until you toggle it back off. It's been so long since I turned it on that I've forgotten the behavior...

Hope it helps.
David

Post by r***@privat.utfors.se
How do I do to make my web mail accept russian characters?
I tried cutting out some text in russian from the russian newspaper Pravda, and pasted
that into a mail I was writing via my web mail interface (using Opera browser, Glocalnet
Utfors web mail). Everything looked all right.
The mail returned from the mailinglist I sent it to with the russian text as only
question marks. The copy in my sent folder had likewise question marks instead of russian
characters. (I have asked the list members whether they can see the text correctly, but
have gotten no answers yet.) (I received another mail from the list with arabic
characters, and those were shown correctly. Hm?)
The only thing I can find in settings is "encode international addresses with utf-8". I
had that set already.
Any suggestions? Is it a quirk of the web site (the web mail interface) or something I
can do within Opera?
regards/Rolf