Bug 106964

Summary: Umlauts not displayed correctly in message list/header
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Nikolai Greinix <simsnet>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.8.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: This picture shows the problem

Description Nikolai Greinix 2005-06-07 15:32:04 UTC 
Version:           1.8.1 (using KDE KDE 3.4.1)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
Compiler:          GCC 3.3.5 SuSE 9.3 default compiler
OS:                Linux

I have the following problem with KMail (Screenshot attached):
Umlauts are displayed correct in the message text, but not correctly in the message title. If I open the mbox-file with kate, everything is shown correctly.
Comment 1 Nikolai Greinix 2005-06-07 15:33:03 UTC 
Created attachment 11364 [details]
This picture shows the problem
Comment 2 Thomas Zander 2005-06-07 15:48:13 UTC 
I could reproduce this with the subject 'source' like this:
Subject: Fwd: =?utf-8?q?Fl=FCge_zu_den_World_Sports_Awards?= 2005
Comment 3 Nikolai Greinix 2005-06-07 21:18:26 UTC 
If you want a copy of this mail to reproduce the bug, just mail me. I'll return a copy as soon as possible. Additionally, I've added a mbox-file containing this mail.
Comment 4 Thiago Macieira 2005-06-08 13:12:57 UTC 
ThomasZ: that Subject is obviously broken, because 0xFC cannot appear by itself in UTF-8.

Nikolai: it is very likely that your message is broken as well. There are many (far too many) mailers that refuse to implement RFC 2047 (part of the MIME specification). They are BROKEN. KMail isn't. So, please it would do everyone good if the authors of the program in question were informed of the bug in their side.

That said, there are initiatives on KMail to workaround that issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 95157 ***
Comment 5 Nikolai Greinix 2005-06-08 13:32:23 UTC 
Just rechecked - some mails do have Umlauts in their subjects displayed correctly - therefore, the problem is the senders mail client, you are right.
Comment 6 mediameyer 2005-08-24 19:40:31 UTC 
I have the same problem with Kmail 171, the umlauts in the headers am not correctly explained.  Here an example
Westf
Comment 7 mediameyer 2005-08-24 19:41:46 UTC 
I have the same problem with Kmail 171, the umlauts in the headers am not correctly explained.  Here an example
Westf�ische Rundschau: Kommentar der Westf�ischen Rundschau ...
Instead of an umlaut two small square squares stand