On 2016-03-14 at 17:30, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Is my assumption correct? What is the representation called? Is there a > tool to regain the original string? I believe my video system can display > the larger character set.
You are correct, it's just the UTF-8 encoding. There is a recent thread on this topic [1], where you can also find how to decode these strings using python. I think mutt should display the names decoded, isn't that the case for you? Best regards, Andreas [1]http://marc.info/?t=145715919100003&r=1&w=2