Receiving emails in foreign characters

I've recently upgraded from OSX 10.2 to 10.4.7. Since my upgrade some of the emails I've been receiving have appeared in foreign characters (Chinese or something similar), ao I'm unable to read them. In addition some emails which I have saved in my mailboxes have also converted to this strange script.
I've read on the forum about other people having problems sending emails which appear to the recipient in chinese. but not about receiving them. I know for a fact that the emails in my mailboxes were ok before I upgraded. Any ideas?

I've recently upgraded from OSX 10.2 to 10.4.7. Since
my upgrade some of the emails I've been receiving
have appeared in foreign characters (Chinese or
something similar), ao I'm unable to read them. In
addition some emails which I have saved in my
mailboxes have also converted to this strange script.
This is most likely caused by the fonts Helvetica Fractions or Times Phonetic. Find them and dump them.
Send a screenshot if you still have problems (tom at bluesky dot org).

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