Anne Wilson wrote: > The theory sounds good, but as far as I know kde is configured to use utf8 and > kmail is also so configured, but I don't think that what I'm seeing is what > you intended - see attached. It actually works in practice. However, you need to have the relevant fonts installed you your system and those little squares indicate you don't. I don't use kmail myself. I use thunderbird, but I fired kmail up on my system and what I typed is what I see. There is, however, one problem with KDE (I've filed a bugzilla) is that it is missing some characters from "Simplified Chinese". So, you need to install support for other languages. Regards, Ed