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a lot of special characters in Reply or Forwarded Messages in 3 computers

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I use Portable Thunderbird since 2015, but I only notice the following problems when it started to bother me at the end of 2019. When I do reply, I noticed that some of my previous texts have been inserted with a lot of special characters. I don’t know this is only happened to me or to other people. It has occurred in 3 different computers, a HP, a custom made and a Dell. Since most of the email I have manually deleting those special characters before I sending them out, the followings are a few examples from early and recent days that I didn’t change:

On 12/12/2019 … wrote: (HP computer) > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject:???????? 1 … > Date:???????? Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:19:00 -0500 > From:???????? …. > To:???????? … …

… August.?? We … … a year.?? … May 2020.?? We …

Thank you.?? See you later. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. On 6/8/2020 (custom made computer. This email has too many examples, so I stopped in half way) … the adjustments.� … 4/3/20.� The … … to 5/4/20.� The … … leakages.� … leak.� They --- valve.� It ,,, yard.� So … 4/3/20.� This … … a lot.� So … incidents.� … ompleted.� The … bill.� If … email.� Good Day,� Thank you,� adjustment.� My … down.� On … leak.� It …. Department.� I … repair.� He … adjustment.� So … receipts.� The … months.� The … driveway.� … moved in.� The … success.� The … 4/3/2020.� I … … 3/4/20.� Even …

> >���� Dear …: > >���� We …. ago.�� We …. > >���� We … > >���� Since … tank.� A … > >���� After … > Water: PSNC Gas:�������������������������������������������������� Duke Energy: > >���� 12/13/19-1/4/20���� $103.72 12/17/19-1/16/20���� $103.72���������������� 12/17/19-1/10/20 $80.92 > >���� 1/4/20-2/3/20��������� $224.27 1/16/20-2/17/20������ $162.66 1/10/20-2/11/20����� $97.95 > >���� 2/3/20-3/4/20����������� $88.41 2/17/20-3/16/20������� $88.44 2/11/20-3/11/20������ $84.73 > >���� I … …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

On 9/1/21 (Dell computer):

Subject: Re: xxxx Link � Dear …

… each month.� Also there is an annual fee of $59.� If … … 6 months.� Please let me know … … Advisor�

… it won't work.� So I … … 45.� It turned out … … 98��� ������������� Approve … ID��� ��� Status … 70��� ��������� $15 … Number��� ��� C …. … interest.��

I use Portable Thunderbird since 2015, but I only notice the following problems when it started to bother me at the end of 2019. When I do reply, I noticed that some of my previous texts have been inserted with a lot of special characters. I don’t know this is only happened to me or to other people. It has occurred in 3 different computers, a HP, a custom made and a Dell. Since most of the email I have manually deleting those special characters before I sending them out, the followings are a few examples from early and recent days that I didn’t change: On 12/12/2019 … wrote: (HP computer) > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject:???????? 1 … > Date:???????? Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:19:00 -0500 > From:???????? …. > To:???????? … … … August.?? We … … a year.?? … May 2020.?? We … Thank you.?? See you later. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. On 6/8/2020 (custom made computer. This email has too many examples, so I stopped in half way) … the adjustments.� … 4/3/20.� The … … to 5/4/20.� The … … leakages.� … leak.� They --- valve.� It ,,, yard.� So … 4/3/20.� This … … a lot.� So … incidents.� … ompleted.� The … bill.� If … email.� Good Day,� Thank you,� adjustment.� My … down.� On … leak.� It …. Department.� I … repair.� He … adjustment.� So … receipts.� The … months.� The … driveway.� … moved in.� The … success.� The … 4/3/2020.� I … … 3/4/20.� Even … > >���� Dear …: > >���� We …. ago.�� We …. > >���� We … > >���� Since … tank.� A … > >���� After … > Water: PSNC Gas:�������������������������������������������������� Duke Energy: > >���� 12/13/19-1/4/20���� $103.72 12/17/19-1/16/20���� $103.72���������������� 12/17/19-1/10/20 $80.92 > >���� 1/4/20-2/3/20��������� $224.27 1/16/20-2/17/20������ $162.66 1/10/20-2/11/20����� $97.95 > >���� 2/3/20-3/4/20����������� $88.41 2/17/20-3/16/20������� $88.44 2/11/20-3/11/20������ $84.73 > >���� I … ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. On 9/1/21 (Dell computer): Subject: Re: xxxx Link � Dear … … each month.� Also there is an annual fee of $59.� If … … 6 months.� Please let me know … … Advisor� … it won't work.� So I … … 45.� It turned out … … 98��� ������������� Approve … ID��� ��� Status … 70��� ��������� $15 … Number��� ��� C …. … interest.��

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Are you sending through a Yahoo-based smtp server (AOL, Verizon, Rogers, Frontier, AT&T etc.)?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1349012