[Bug 62395] Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers - it's no use in Japan

[Jun Kobayashi]

Public bug reported:

Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers even though we select
"ISO-2022-JP" for character set in setting dialog. This config seems to
have effect only for mail body.

Since many mail clients on PCs, mobile phones and some web sites(e.g.
Hotmail) can't decode Japanese UTF-8 headers, we can't read Japanese
subject and from fields on mails sent with Evolution.

This is because ISO-2022-JP is used for mail body and headers in Japan
over the years, and it's hard to change all email clients on PCs and
mobile phones to accept UTF-8 headers in the now.

I think it's big problem that Evolution, the Ubuntu default MUA, is hard
to use in Japan.

** Affects: evolution-data-server (upstream)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown
** Affects: evolution-data-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Description changed:

- Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers even though we select
- "ISO-2022-JP" for character set in setting dialog. This config seems 
- to have effect only for mail body.
+ Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers even though we
+ select"ISO-2022-JP" for character set in setting dialog. This config
+ seems to have effect only for mail body.
  
- Since many mail clients on PCs, mobile phones and some web sites
- (e.g. Hotmail) can't decode Japanese UTF-8 headers, we can't read 
- Japanese subject and from fields on mails sent with Evolution.
+ Since many mail clients on PCs, mobile phones and some web sites(e.g.
+ Hotmail) can't decode Japanese UTF-8 headers, we can't read Japanese
+ subject and from fields on mails sent with Evolution.
  
- This is because ISO-2022-JP is used for mail body and headers 
- in Japan over the years, and it's hard to change all email clients
- on PCs and mobile phones to accept UTF-8 headers in the now.
+ This is because ISO-2022-JP is used for mail body and headers in Japan
+ over the years, and it's hard to change all email clients on PCs and
+ mobile phones to accept UTF-8 headers in the now.
  
- I think it's big problem that Evolution, the Ubuntu default MUA, 
- is hard to use in Japan.
+ I think it's big problem that Evolution, the Ubuntu default MUA, is hard
+ to use in Japan.

** Description changed:

- Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers even though we
- select"ISO-2022-JP" for character set in setting dialog. This config
- seems to have effect only for mail body.
+ Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers even though we select
+ "ISO-2022-JP" for character set in setting dialog. This config seems to
+ have effect only for mail body.
  
  Since many mail clients on PCs, mobile phones and some web sites(e.g.
  Hotmail) can't decode Japanese UTF-8 headers, we can't read Japanese
  subject and from fields on mails sent with Evolution.
  
  This is because ISO-2022-JP is used for mail body and headers in Japan
  over the years, and it's hard to change all email clients on PCs and
  mobile phones to accept UTF-8 headers in the now.
  
  I think it's big problem that Evolution, the Ubuntu default MUA, is hard
  to use in Japan.

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Evolution always uses UTF-8 for mail headers - it's no use in Japan
https://launchpad.net/bugs/62395