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The user does not accept email in non-Western (non-Latin) character se

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TimTang

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I live in Thailand but I do all my email in English. In the past I've never had any problem emailing anyone anywhere in the world until yesterday.

The person I'm emailing is Dutch and I keep getting this message:

The user does not accept email in non-Western (non-Latin) character sets.

Why would I be getting this error message when I am indeed emailing in English (it's the only language I know)?

How can I fix this?

Any assistance would be appreciated


 
in Outlook there is a setting in options that allows the acceptance of non-XXX emails
 
Thanks eyec

But the problem is not me receiving but sending, so changing the settings in Outlook on a computer half way around the world is not an option.

I think it's an encoding issue but I don't even know how my emails are encoded.

Even though I'm writing in English, I believe I'm probably sending Thai characters as well (in the extended font region). This is probably why the person at the other end detects non-western characters.

I'm not sure how to change this, or what to change it to.

Thanks
 
Which character set are you using? That might be your problem.
 
Hi franklin97355

I'm not 100% sure what you mean by 'character set' but here are some of the settings I've found.

Language: English US
Fonts: Western European
Outlook Rich Text: Convert to HTML
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)

There is a language selector on the task bar which is selectable between English and Thai.

Are there any other settings that I may not be aware of?

Thanks
 
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