Re: problem sending to a user in mexico - accented character in the username

On Mar 2, 2008, at 12:08 AM, JC Dill wrote:

> I'm assisting someone who is trying to reply to email from some  
> people she met on a cruise.  She gave them her email, they emailed  
> her from Mexico.  She didn't get their email in writing - she only  
> has it in the email they sent her.
>
> When she tries to reply, the email bounces.
>
> The username has an accented character.
>
> When it was forwarded to me, the username came out as:
>
> garduñosonig_2000

Try putting in the ASCII number with an escape char ("%" maybe?) in  
front.

-- 
TTFN,
patrick



> She says:
>
> when I receive the email one of the letters has an "o" with an  
> accent over it. When I open the email the "o" becomes a capital "O"  
> with the accent and when I reply to the email the "o" becomes an "n"  
> with the accent over it. I get an error message no matter how I send  
> it.
>
>
> I don't know which accent is over the "o" - I'm asking for more info  
> about that now.  It is possible that the letter is an "n" that then  
> turns into an "o" etc.
>
> The people in Mexico have a mx.yahoo.com address.
>
> The sender is sending thru AOL.  I can probably get her to use a  
> different email service (e.g. get a Gmail account, or a Yahoo  
> account) if this can be easily solved by going with some other email  
> provider.
>
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