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Unprintable or Extended Characters Displayed in Message

Article ID: 186201

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003


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SYMPTOMS

If you send an e-mail message from Outlook Express for Unix, when the recipient views the message, it may appear to have extended or unprintable characters.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur if the text of the message contains two or more spaces, and a text-based mail program receives the message.

NOTE: This behavior may occur even if Outlook Express is configured to send messages in Plain Text format.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook Express for Sun Solaris.

Additional query words: garbled garbage UNIX

Keywords: kbbug kbenv kb3rdparty kbpending KB186201