How can I change the default encoding type Thunderbird uses when composing a new email?

Question

Whenever I compose a new email message in Thunderbird, it defaults to the Western (ISO-8859-1) encoding, and I have to manually change it to UTF-8 every time.

How do I change the default?

score 56 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '11 at 19:48

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Tools → Options → Display → Formatting → Fonts → Advanced... → Character Encodings → Outgoing Mail:

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answered May 25 '11 at 19:48

grawity

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james.garriss · Answer 2 · 2013-06-26T21:53:32.937

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For Thunderbird 17 on the Mac, you can find this setting at:

Thunderbird > Preferences > Display > Formatting > Advanced

Look at the Character Encodings section, as seen here:

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edited Jun 26 '13 at 21:53

answered Mar 14 '13 at 18:36

james.garriss

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 02 '13 at 23:29

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On Mac OS X you have to use the Config Editor (also know as about:config) found in Preferences -> Advanced -> General. Change the value of the preference named mailnews.send_default_charset to UTF-8.

answered Jan 02 '13 at 23:29

dentarg

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '21 at 17:55

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In Thunderbird 78+:

Menu > Options > General > Language & Appearance > Advanced button > Text encoding

answered Apr 06 '21 at 17:55

Charles Roper

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xenoid · Answer 5 · 2021-01-08T20:26:46.507

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On Thunderbird 68:

Edit>
    Preferences>
        Display>
            Formatting>
                Font & Colors>
                    Advanced (button) > 
                        Text encodings

edited Jan 08 '21 at 20:26

answered Jan 08 '21 at 09:24

xenoid

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How can I change the default encoding type Thunderbird uses when composing a new email?

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