Title: UTF-8 Diacritics interpreted incorrectly
Last modified: September 11, 2026

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# UTF-8 Diacritics interpreted incorrectly

 *  [cjennewein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cjennewein/)
 * (@cjennewein)
 * [5 days, 3 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utf-8-diacritics-interpreted-incorrectly/)
 * Using Postie 1.9.80 and WordPress 7.1.
 * My source email has characters with diacritics (Cristóbal) that get mistranslated
   when they finally wind up in a post (Cristóbal).
 * The source email is encoded as UTF-8:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
       ```
   
 * The Base64 payload decodes correctly to text containing:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Cristóbal Aguilarde León
       ```
   
 * The UTF-8 bytes for `ó` are correctly present as `C3 B3` in the decoded message.
 * However, after Postie 1.9.80 processes the email, the resulting WordPress post
   contains:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Cristóbal Aguilarde León
       ```
   
 * Postie’s Test Config reports:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       default_charset: utf-8DB_CHARSET: utf8DB_COLLATE: utf8_general_ciWordPress encoding: UTF-8
       ```
   
 * The email is plain text rather than HTML, and the corruption occurs in the resulting
   post content itself.
 * I have the complete raw email available, including the MIME headers and Base64
   payload, and can provide it if useful.
 * Can this please be investigated? As an L.A.-based news outlet, we deal with a
   lot of names that contain diacritics, and this is making us look bad.
 * Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Futf-8-diacritics-interpreted-incorrectly%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utf-8-diacritics-interpreted-incorrectly/#post-19018181)
 *  please install the support add-on and follow the instructions to give me some
   logs and I’ll take a look at it. 
   [https://postieplugin.com/downloads/support-addon/](https://postieplugin.com/downloads/support-addon/)

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