Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers - it's no use in Japan
Bug #62395 reported by
Jun Kobayashi
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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evolution-data-server |
Fix Released
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Medium
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evolution-data-server (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers even though we select "ISO-2022-JP" for character set in setting dialog. This config seems to have effect only for mail body.
Since many mail clients on PCs, mobile phones and some web sites(e.g. Hotmail) can't decode Japanese UTF-8 headers, we can't read Japanese subject and from fields on mails sent with Evolution.
This is because ISO-2022-JP is used for mail body and headers in Japan over the years, and it's hard to change all email clients on PCs and mobile phones to accept UTF-8 headers in the now.
I think it's big problem that Evolution, the Ubuntu default MUA, is hard to use in Japan.
Related branches
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in evolution-data-server: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in evolution-data-server: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in evolution-data-server: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
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