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Why are my emails corrupted with weird letters and symbols?

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roscoe2014
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All my Thunderbird emails are showing weird symbols now.

Example 1) September 2014.  Feel free to contact

Example 2) “From

Example 3) ’s Ph.D

Example 4) dismay. Â Â

Can anyone offer help on what to do please?

All my Thunderbird emails are showing weird symbols now. Example 1) September 2014.  Feel free to contact Example 2) “From Example 3) ’s Ph.D Example 4) dismay.   Can anyone offer help on what to do please?

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I suggest you have a look at the thread here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/993631

This is a complex area with necessarily non specific answers.

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Matt
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I suggest you have a look at the thread here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/993631

This is a complex area with necessarily non specific answers.

roscoe2014
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Many thanks Matt, this fixed the problem perfectly. I really appreciate your kindness in taking the time to be of such help to all of us on this issue. Bless you.