# Job exception in mail receiver

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [30 Março , 2016 07:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749 "2016-03-30T07:47:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![carlokok](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/carlokok/32/115951_2.png) [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)
#### Post date: [30 Março , 2016 07:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749/1 "2016-03-30T07:47:01Z")

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Job exception: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8

```
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:181:in `split'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:181:in `trim_discourse_markers'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:140:in `select_body'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:62:in `process_internal'
/var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:39:in `process!'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:27:in `process_popmail'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:96:in `block (2 levels) in poll_pop3'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/pop.rb:688:in `block in delete_all'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/pop.rb:687:in `each'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/pop.rb:687:in `delete_all'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:95:in `block in poll_pop3'
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.0.0/net/pop.rb:531:in `start'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:94:in `poll_pop3'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb:15:in `execute'
/var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:154:in `block (2 levels) in perform'

```

(I’ll post the mail privately @zogstrip)

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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: [30 Março , 2016 17:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749/2 "2016-03-30T17:55:15Z")

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Thanks @carlokok, with the help of the incoming email I was able to reproduce and fix the issue 🍎

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/79329c8e85a2e1bc9b3abb6f65fe4afdadec2d9e](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/79329c8e85a2e1bc9b3abb6f65fe4afdadec2d9e)

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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: [30 Março , 2016 17:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749/3 "2016-03-30T17:55:17Z")

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