Thanks for your report. Can you try to change the encoding in the preferences' editor preferences? I changed it to iso-8859-1 and a new mail I started to write had iso-8859-1 selected.
** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Default Evolution encoding on new mail mesage https://launchpad.net/bugs/40016 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs