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Problem with mail merge and utf-8 encoding

There's no immediate solution to this problem, sorry (other than using ASCII reductions like "ue" for "ü", which isn't really a solution at all). It should be straightforward to fix, though, and I'll try to get that done in the current beta testing cycle. Just so you know, when the correction is done, the proper format will be to use the basic Windows characters, not to attempt to UTF-8-encode the data. WinPMail will do the translation automatically as required (as it should).

Cheers!

-- David --

There's no immediate solution to this problem, sorry (other than using ASCII reductions like "ue" for "ü", which isn't really a solution at all). It should be straightforward to fix, though, and I'll try to get that done in the current beta testing cycle. Just so you know, when the correction is done, the proper format will be to use the basic Windows characters, not to attempt to UTF-8-encode the data. WinPMail will do the translation automatically as required (as it should). Cheers! -- David --

My mail merge data file contains German Umlauts (like ä, ö, or ü).

I set the To field of my message to “"~kFirstName~ ~kLastName~" <~kEMail~>”
and started the message body with “~kSalutation~ ~kFirstName~,”.

FirstName could be “Rüdiger” for instance.
If I have the records in my data file utf-8 encoded, the To field will be set correctly but the message body will be messed up.
If I have the records in my data file “Windows encoded”, the To field will be messed up but the message body will look fine.

Is the any solution to this problem?

Kindest Regards,
    Tobias

My mail merge data file contains German Umlauts (like &auml;, &ouml;, or &uuml;). I set the To field of my message to &ldquo;&quot;~kFirstName~ ~kLastName~&quot; &amp;lt;~kEMail~&amp;gt;&rdquo; and started the message body with &ldquo;~kSalutation~ ~kFirstName~,&rdquo;. FirstName could be &ldquo;R&uuml;diger&rdquo; for instance. If I have the records in my data file utf-8 encoded, the To field will be set correctly but the message body will be messed up. If I have the records in my data file &ldquo;Windows encoded&rdquo;, the To field will be messed up but the message body will look fine. Is the any solution to this problem? Kindest Regards, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tobias
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