Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set in
the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent file
were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they get rows
of question marks interspersed with the odd number.

I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found references
to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML, stopped using MS
Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing the encoding in
International Options. Originally it was Western European (ISO) and I've
tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7 and 8) and User Defined.
The only change I've seen is that now both the sent and received messages
are displayed in Chinese characters.

Robin

You are the third person to report such a problem!

I reported it under the thread "Plain Text messages get corrupted"
yesterday and Karin reported it today under
"Question marks appear instead of text in Outgoing Outlook 2007 mes"

Something serious is happening :-(
--
Tadjio (using Outlook 2007)


"Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set
> in the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent
> file were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they
> get rows of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>
> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found references
> to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML, stopped using MS
> Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing the encoding in
> International Options. Originally it was Western European (ISO) and I've
> tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7 and 8) and User Defined.
> The only change I've seen is that now both the sent and received messages
> are displayed in Chinese characters.
>
> Robin

Don't use user-defined, it has been know to cause issues with certain
versions of Outlook.

Are you scanning outgoing email with a virus scanner?
Did you try detect and repair?

--
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"Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set
> in the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent
> file were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they
> get rows of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>
> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found references
> to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML, stopped using MS
> Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing the encoding in
> International Options. Originally it was Western European (ISO) and I've
> tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7 and 8) and User Defined.
> The only change I've seen is that now both the sent and received messages
> are displayed in Chinese characters.
>
> Robin
>

As noted elsewhere on this board, I did and restored all the defaults. So
far this seems to have caught. I have, however lost my email history and
addresses. They're lurking somewhere because, if I type the first letter of
one of them in the To: or Cc: box I see the usual llist. How do I get them
back?

With thanks for your help,

Robin

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don't use user-defined, it has been know to cause issues with certain
> versions of Outlook.
>
> Are you scanning outgoing email with a virus scanner?
> Did you try detect and repair?
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> You can access this newsgroup by visiting
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
> newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
>
>
> "Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set
>> in the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent
>> file were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they
>> get rows of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>>
>> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found
>> references to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML,
>> stopped using MS Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing
>> the encoding in International Options. Originally it was Western
>> European (ISO) and I've tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7
>> and 8) and User Defined. The only change I've seen is that now both the
>> sent and received messages are displayed in Chinese characters.
>>
>> Robin
>>

Sorry, I missed answering your first question. I use Bullguard as a virus
checker. It is enabled for outgoing email.

Robin


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Don't use user-defined, it has been know to cause issues with certain
> versions of Outlook.
>
> Are you scanning outgoing email with a virus scanner?
> Did you try detect and repair?
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>
> You can access this newsgroup by visiting
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
> newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
>
>
> "Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set
>> in the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent
>> file were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they
>> get rows of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>>
>> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found
>> references to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML,
>> stopped using MS Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing
>> the encoding in International Options. Originally it was Western
>> European (ISO) and I've tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7
>> and 8) and User Defined. The only change I've seen is that now both the
>> sent and received messages are displayed in Chinese characters.
>>
>> Robin
>>

Not quite sure about your situation. You say that you have "what looks
like Chinese [characters]) in your Sent Items. *Are* they Chinese
characters? Did you compose the mail, and are they supposed to be
Chinese characters?

Specifying the correct encoding of outgoing messages is essential,
especially when the message contains multibyte characters.

Robin wrote:
> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set in
> the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent file
> were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they get rows
> of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>
> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found references
> to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML, stopped using MS
> Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing the encoding in
> International Options. Originally it was Western European (ISO) and I've
> tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7 and 8) and User Defined.
> The only change I've seen is that now both the sent and received messages
> are displayed in Chinese characters.
>
> Robin

We have the same problem when sending/ replying/ forwarding in plain text
format
in Outlook 2007. The problem first occured on Feb 21 on two different
computers

We also use Bullguard virus scan on outgoing mails. I've tried to switch it
off on outgoing mails, restart outlook. However, the problem is still the
same.



"Robin" wrote:

> Sorry, I missed answering your first question. I use Bullguard as a virus
> checker. It is enabled for outgoing email.
>
> Robin
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Don't use user-defined, it has been know to cause issues with certain
> > versions of Outlook.
> >
> > Are you scanning outgoing email with a virus scanner?
> > Did you try detect and repair?
> >
> > --
> > Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> > Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> > Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> >
> > Outlook Tips by email:
> > mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
> >
> > EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> > mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
> >
> > You can access this newsgroup by visiting
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
> > newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
> >
> >
> > "Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set
> >> in the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent
> >> file were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they
> >> get rows of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
> >>
> >> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found
> >> references to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML,
> >> stopped using MS Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing
> >> the encoding in International Options. Originally it was Western
> >> European (ISO) and I've tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7
> >> and 8) and User Defined. The only change I've seen is that now both the
> >> sent and received messages are displayed in Chinese characters.
> >>
> >> Robin
> >>
>
>
>

See my separate post today:
I think Bullguard is the cause of this for me.
It started a week ago, presumably with
a Bullguard update.
--
Tadjio

"Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eQ%23uh%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry, I missed answering your first question. I use Bullguard as a virus
> checker. It is enabled for outgoing email.
>
> Robin
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Don't use user-defined, it has been know to cause issues with certain
>> versions of Outlook.
>>
>> Are you scanning outgoing email with a virus scanner?
>> Did you try detect and repair?
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>>
>> Outlook Tips by email:
>> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
>> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> You can access this newsgroup by visiting
>> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
>> your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
>>
>>
>> "Robin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set
>>> in the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent
>>> file were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they
>>> get rows of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>>>
>>> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found
>>> references to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML,
>>> stopped using MS Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing
>>> the encoding in International Options. Originally it was Western
>>> European (ISO) and I've tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7
>>> and 8) and User Defined. The only change I've seen is that now both the
>>> sent and received messages are displayed in Chinese characters.
>>>
>>> Robin

Several seems to have this problem spontaneously occuring.

So far what I found out is:
- it will occur when sending plain text only
- it will not occur on every text mail (e.g. I today replied to a mail
received in january - received in plain text and reply in plain text: no
problem)
- it may occur both on new mails, replies, and forwarding
- it occurs both when outgoing mail virus-detection is on and off (in my
case Bullguard).
- it has not occured (yet) when typing in RFT and having outlook convert to
plain text on sending to internet adress.

"Robin" wrote:

> Quite spontaneously, Outlook 2003 has started changing the character set in
> the body of mail that I've sent. Initially, copies stored in my Sent file
> were in what looks like Chinese while recipients tell me that they get rows
> of question marks interspersed with the odd number.
>
> I did a web search and checked the ms.public archives and found references
> to a number of things. So far I've stopped using HTML, stopped using MS
> Word as editor, run a system restore and tried changing the encoding in
> International Options. Originally it was Western European (ISO) and I've
> tried Western European (Windows), Unicode (UTF-7 and 8) and User Defined.
> The only change I've seen is that now both the sent and received messages
> are displayed in Chinese characters.
>
> Robin
>
>
>

[habler]

Hi - same problem here. Rubbish in replied-to items in the "Sent" folder.

I am also using Bullguard 8.5. I have submitted a report at the Bullguard site. Might be worth others reporting this issue to then too...

Regards,
Andrew