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Strange characters in email and database

Thread began 10/01/2009 6:16 am by John Langer | Last modified 12/29/2009 7:50 pm by John Langer | 7722 views | 10 replies

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Same strange character problems

I basically have the same setup as the person above. DA used to insert and update records with html editor in the fields for client to insert content which is then mailed as a newsletter to their subscribers.

Here is how a paragraph should look and does look when viewing in Apple Mail:

amazingly… Patrick Liew form Lancôme arranged that we spend a day at The Lancôme Institute, and if that was not enough, ended with getting our hair treated at the L’Oreal Hair Spa!

Here is the same paragraph viewed in Outlook or outlook express:

amazingly… Patrick Liew form Lancôme arranged that we spend a day at The Lancôme Institute, and if that was not enough, ended with getting our hair treated at the L’Oreal Hair Spa!

I thought it could be content pasted from Word that contained some sort of formatting, but tested the content by typing and not copying from Word. Got the same results as above.

Then I thought maybe the default content contained in the field when inserting a new record. It consisted of 3 pre-formatted tables. Also deleted it in the html editor settings and then typed text. Did not change the issue.

When viewing the content on the web, it also looks fine. It is only when mailed to recipients with Windows mail clients.

Any ideas?

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