Strange e-mail characters

Hi,
When I send e-mails using mail, sometimes people tell they receive strange chinese charaters in the e-mail I sent that makes it difficult for them to read my message. It's true because I can see this when they reply to me.
Does anyone know why?
Thanks

It's true because I can see this when they reply to me.
No, it's not true because of what you see in a reply -- their email app could be messing things up when it sends. But if they tell you they see strange characters in what they receive from you, then it is true.
If your email is seen with strange characters at the other end, this is often related to encoding problems with accented characters and bugs in MS Outlook. This note may help:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/woutlook.html
If you can provide more detail on exactly what is happening, it would be useful.

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