Sending and Receiving International Messages

Each message that you send and receive is in a particular character encoding. Character encoding is the method by which a message is converted into characters. For example, the Greek character encoding converts messages into Greek-language characters.

Email and Calendar displays messages that you receive in the character encoding in which the message was sent. However, some messages do not contain enough information in the message header to identify the character encoding in which the message was sent. Email and Calendar enables you to change the character encoding for individual messages that you receive.

You can change the character encoding in a message that you send. When you reply to a message, the message is sent in the character encoding of the original message. If you change the character encoding in your reply, the characters of the original message might not display properly.

To Change the Character Encoding for a Message You Receive

To change the character encoding of a message that you receive, open the message. Choose View -> Character Encoding, then select the character encoding that you require.

For information about how to set a default character encoding for messages that you receive, see Setting Mail Preferences.

To Change the Character Encoding for a Message You Send

To change the character encoding of a message that you send, open a new message, or reply to a message that you receive. In the message composition window, choose Edit -> Character Encoding, then select the character encoding that you require.

For information about how to set a default character encoding for messages that you send, see Setting Composer Preferences.