Sometimes it displays as plain text as expected, but sometimes it displays the way characters are shown when the encoding is wrong – question marks within diamond symbols, question marks within squares, etc.

[image] Jonathan5: Yes there are Exchange headers. I wonder what’s up. :person_shrugging: bad software sending out bad emails [image] Jonathan5: Though not all Exchange emails appear like this. Indeed, not all Exchange emails are bad :laughing: Should anyone come across this topic an…

Body of message in /admin/email-logs/rejected is sometimes displayed as gobbledegook

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) November 1, 2025, 12:46am 2

Hi there, could you send an example/screenshot of the issue? Thanks!

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Body of message in /admin/email-logs/rejected is sometimes displayed as gobbledegook

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