# Importing mbox files fails at creating topics with Chinese characters due to invalid byte sequence

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mbox-files-fails-at-creating-topics-with-chinese-characters-due-to-invalid-byte-sequence/62889>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mbox-files-fails-at-creating-topics-with-chinese-characters-due-to-invalid-byte-sequence/62889 "2017-05-17T16:27:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-mbox-files-fails-at-creating-topics-with-chinese-characters-due-to-invalid-byte-sequence/62889/2 "2017-05-17T16:31:31Z")

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Would you be able to share the email #1359?

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