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sending messages from yahoo.com using Thunderbird receive ????? character instead of Russian and Latvian characters, please help

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sending messages from yahoo.com using Thunderbird receive ????? character instead of any Russian and Latvian character send this: āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā - Latvian ууууууууууууууууууууууууу - Russian get this: ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? changed encoding, everything, tried many times - does not help when send it directly from mail.Yahoo.com - get this: āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā ууууууууууууууууууууууууу when send it via Thunderbird, but from other servers, get this: āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā ууууууууууууууууууууууууу if began this summer, before worked many years perfectly please, help

sending messages from yahoo.com using Thunderbird receive ????? character instead of any Russian and Latvian character send this: āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā - Latvian ууууууууууууууууууууууууу - Russian get this: ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? changed encoding, everything, tried many times - does not help when send it directly from mail.Yahoo.com - get this: āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā ууууууууууууууууууууууууу when send it via Thunderbird, but from other servers, get this: āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā ууууууууууууууууууууууууу if began this summer, before worked many years perfectly please, help
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1260169

Set mail.strictly_mime to true in Tools/Options/Advanced/General/Config. editor by double-clicking (toggling) it.

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Matt
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This is probably the definitive resource https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Jorgk/8-bit_bytes_and_e-mail_corruption_at_Verizon,_Yahoo,_etc.

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Seçilmiş Həll

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1260169

Set mail.strictly_mime to true in Tools/Options/Advanced/General/Config. editor by double-clicking (toggling) it.

vkazgunov
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thank you, it helped :-)