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double-space replaced with garbage in sent email.

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When I reply or send an email (yahoo server), any double spaces result in garbage characters being embedded. For example below. The first sentence has a single space between words and the second sentence has a double space. When sent out, this is what I get back on the receiving end. This garbage also appears on my other email clients so I know the recipient is seeing this too. I have already set my Text Encoding from Unicode to Western with no effect. Most everything is default as Thunderbird installs it. See below for the result of my test email:

This is a test of a single spaced email.

This� is� a� test� of� a� double� spaced� email.

When I reply or send an email (yahoo server), any double spaces result in garbage characters being embedded. For example below. The first sentence has a single space between words and the second sentence has a double space. When sent out, this is what I get back on the receiving end. This garbage also appears on my other email clients so I know the recipient is seeing this too. I have already set my Text Encoding from Unicode to Western with no effect. Most everything is default as Thunderbird installs it. See below for the result of my test email: -------------------------------------------- This is a test of a single spaced email. This� is� a� test� of� a� double� spaced� email.

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See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1247134#answer-1189872

For TB 78, Options/General/Indexing/Config. editor, double-click mail.strictly_mime to true.

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Chosen Solution

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1247134#answer-1189872

For TB 78, Options/General/Indexing/Config. editor, double-click mail.strictly_mime to true.

bussellj
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Thanks so much sfhowes... this fixed my issue!