Oriental and asian characters

[Guest]

Does anyone have experience of problems downloading e-mails containing
non-english characters particularly chienese or asian. As mail from that part
of the world increases i find that outlook appears to be running slower,
hanging more when downloading mail and occasionally crashing.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Version of Outlook?
Type of account?
What is being logged to the Event Viewer regarding the crash?

Could it be an add-in not dealing correctly with the emails?

 

[Guest]

outlook 2003
Pop3
I will investigate & get back to you this is not my machine
All addins have been removed

Version of Outlook?
Type of account?
What is being logged to the Event Viewer regarding the crash?

Could it be an add-in not dealing correctly with the emails?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Does anyone have experience of problems downloading e-mails containing
non-english characters particularly chienese or asian. As mail from that
part
of the world increases i find that outlook appears to be running slower,
hanging more when downloading mail and occasionally crashing.

 

[Pat Willener]

Downloading mail messages with Asian or other multi-byte contents should
not slow down Outlook in any way. However, in order to be able to
correctly display these messages, you need to
- have the appropriate language support installed in Windows
- run Outlook 2003 in Unicode mode

outlook 2003
Pop3
I will investigate & get back to you this is not my machine
All addins have been removed

Version of Outlook?
Type of account?
What is being logged to the Event Viewer regarding the crash?

Could it be an add-in not dealing correctly with the emails?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Does anyone have experience of problems downloading e-mails containing
non-english characters particularly chienese or asian. As mail from that
part
of the world increases i find that outlook appears to be running slower,
hanging more when downloading mail and occasionally crashing.

 

[Guest]

Can you run Outlook 2003 in unicode mode in a non exchange environment. I
have done some research on this and everything points to running exchange if
you want to run outlook 2003 in unicode mode

Downloading mail messages with Asian or other multi-byte contents should
not slow down Outlook in any way. However, in order to be able to
correctly display these messages, you need to
- have the appropriate language support installed in Windows
- run Outlook 2003 in Unicode mode

outlook 2003
Pop3
I will investigate & get back to you this is not my machine
All addins have been removed

Version of Outlook?
Type of account?
What is being logged to the Event Viewer regarding the crash?

Could it be an add-in not dealing correctly with the emails?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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Does anyone have experience of problems downloading e-mails containing
non-english characters particularly chienese or asian. As mail from that
part
of the world increases i find that outlook appears to be running slower,
hanging more when downloading mail and occasionally crashing.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Can you run Outlook 2003 in unicode mode in a non exchange
environment.

Yes, if you use a Unicode PST.

 

[Guest]

I must say I am getting a litle confused here.
According to the various Microsoft support pages there is no manual
configuration that will determine if the pst file is ansi or unicode when
created using outlook 2003. Also Microsoft state the Unicode is only
available when using exchange server 2000 onwards. Now this may be a Microsft
ploy to increase sales.
I would appreciate you views on this. Also anything we can do to

 

[Brian Tillman]

I must say I am getting a litle confused here.
According to the various Microsoft support pages there is no manual
configuration that will determine if the pst file is ansi or unicode
when created using outlook 2003.

I'm not sure I understand. When you create a PST in Outlook 2003, you must
specify if it's ANSI or Unicode.

Also Microsoft state the Unicode is
only available when using exchange server 2000 onwards. Now this may
be a Microsft ploy to increase sales.
I would appreciate you views on this. Also anything we can do to

I consider Outlook using a Unicode PST to be "running in Unicode mode".
Whether or not that's technically correct according to Microsoft's use of
the phrase is immaterial to me. You can use Unicode data when using a
Unicode PST.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I am beginning to see the light.
I have a few further questions.
I understand that there are two 'types' of pst files ansi & unicode. If
messages are sent in ansi will they be automatically converted to Unicode if
recipient is running unicode?
Also will older archive pst files be converted when they are migrated to
Outlook 2003?

Thank you for you help

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have a few further questions.
I understand that there are two 'types' of pst files ansi & unicode.

Yes. ANSI format (meaning no multibyte characters; all characters fit into
a single byte value) was the only format available to Outlook 97-2002.
Starting with Outlook 2003, Unicode format was introduced, even though
Outlook would still use at ANSI format.

If messages are sent in ansi will they be automatically converted to
Unicode if recipient is running unicode?

No. ANSI messages, by definition, don't contain Unicode characters.

Also will older archive pst files be converted when they are migrated
to Outlook 2003?

No. You must do that yourself.