How can I change the default encoding type Thunderbird uses when composing a new email?

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Mar 15, 202641212 views

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Whenever I compose a new email message in Thunderbird, it defaults to the Western (ISO-8859-1) encoding, and I have to manually change it to UTF-8 every time. How do I change the default?

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Tools → Options → Display → Formatting → Fonts → Advanced... → Character Encodings → Outgoing Mail:

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