International characters apear with ? instead of ó or á or é

After upgrade from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8 my email in yahoo apear with ? instead of the international characters.
What i can do?
I get this
y mis correr�as con alguien que m�s all�
instead of
y mis correrías con alguien que más allá
Thanks a lot.
Jm

Sorry, realized too late. Now that I now how bad it is, I promise not to do it again. Sorry for another useless note for this apology. Go forth and find other evil dooers...

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