LO81815: SENDING MAIL FROM WM WITH UTF-8 CHARACTERS MAY HAVE CHARACTER CORRUPTION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Sending mail from WM with UTF-8 characters may have character
  corruption if the mail contains characters that are not included
   or match the local character set.  For example, characters with
   umlauts may show up as question marks instead of the correct
  characters.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Sending UTF-8 data from older Windows Mobile device may corrupt
  national language characters or DBCS characters.   Windows
  Mobile device level in question is rarely used anymore by end
  users.
  

Problem conclusion

• The Notes Traveler server was updated to handle this scenario
  correctly.
  

Temporary fix

• This fix is included in Notes Traveler 8.5.3 UP2 IF7, 9.0.0.1
  If7 and 9.0.1 IF6 and will be included in any future releases.
  
  See this technote for the latest maintenance infomation:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24019529
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LOTUS NOTES TRA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6204

Applicable component levels

• R853 PSY

     UP

• R900 PSY

     UP

• R901 PSY

     UP