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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

How do I change the charset / text encoding with Thunderbird 91?

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dawei11
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In Thunderbird 78, you can change the character set a message is considered to have, using the View | Text Encoding submenu. This is obviously necessary if you were sent a message reporting the wrong charset which shows up as gibberish.

However, in Thunderbird 91, I don't see this submenu anymore. I can't find it elsewhere on the menus either, nor as a toolbar button, nor in the context menu, nor in the "hamburger" menu-button.

Is it really gone? If it is, how do we now switch charsets?

In Thunderbird 78, you can change the character set a message is considered to have, using the View | Text Encoding submenu. This is obviously necessary if you were sent a message reporting the wrong charset which shows up as gibberish. However, in Thunderbird 91, I don't see this submenu anymore. I can't find it elsewhere on the menus either, nor as a toolbar button, nor in the context menu, nor in the "hamburger" menu-button. Is it really gone? If it is, how do we now switch charsets?

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sfhowes
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Try this add-on: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/charset-menu/