Tickets :: Comment on [#4447] Improper handling of character sets

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Comment	> Tested on Horde 3.1.3/IMP 4.1.3 with FireFox 1.5.0.7; Konqueror > 3.5.3; Opera 9.1 > > > > Scenario: > > > > Two users: one has the Russian language set as Preferred in Global > Options > Locale; the second has Spanish (Espanol) set as Preferred > language in Global Options > Locale. > > > > The Russian User composes an email using the Cyrillic character set > but changes the Charset option in the composition window to UTF-8 and > sends it to the Spanish locale user. When the Spanish locale user > receives the message, instead of seeing the Cyrillic character set, > only question marks (?) are displayed. > > > > The Spanish user then replies to the Russian User, changes the > Charset to Russian in the composition window, and sends the message. > What the Russian User receives is garbage, as show below: > > Статьи > обычно > > несерьёзный > > кто но, вас > пока > > вообще > > > > The original Cyrillic based message is viewable with other email > clients (Squirrelmail, Gmail, for example), but can only be viewed by: > > > > 1. The Spanish User changing his locale to Russian in Global Options; > > 2. Clicking the link to open it in a new window, which only worked on > Konqueror, which opened it in Kate (a text editor).
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