From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 27 08:32:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02206 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA02201 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:32:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02007; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:31:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199810271631.KAA02007@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: russian language mixes in sendmail In-Reply-To: <002566AA.0057AC58.00@smtpnotes.nyherji.is> from "gestura@nyherji.is" at "Oct 27, 98 04:22:16 pm" To: gestura@nyherji.is Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:31:52 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, gestura@nyherji.is said: > Hello, > > does anyone know why email sent in russian special character set mixes up > after beeing handled in the mailing system, I get all kinds of garbage > instead of readable russian letter for my russian users You have to tell the sendmail system to handle 8-bit characters. It would be better to send your mail as MIME encoded. > I've recently upgraded the sendmail I run on my system to 8.6.1a That's not possibly an upgrade. Do you mean 8.9.1a? If not, upgrade to that. > Með kveðju > > G.A.Grjetarsson > gestura@nyherji.is > M.T.S. B.W.Y. > http://www.itn.is/grand > > Nyherji hf > Kerfisþjónusta, netdeild > internet@nyherji.is > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- "The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijackiing an airliner; and murdering a government poultry inspector." -- Knight Ridder News Service dispatch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message