# ActionMailer content set to charset big5

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-content-set-to-charset-big5/180016>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-content-set-to-charset-big5/180016 "2009-12-09T18:35:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![artchrst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@artchrst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/artchrst)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionmailer-content-set-to-charset-big5/180016/1 "2009-12-09T18:35:14Z")

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Hi Guys,

I just fixed the problem in setting up the action\_mailer  
default\_charset.

Now, I succeeded in sending email with content-type big5. HOwever, the  
content of the email is still utf-8!

I’ve tried to call the .encode(‘big5’) for my content, but there is

“invalid byte sequence in UTF-8”

errors in a lot of places; and it stop me from hacking the gems.

Any help is appreciated!  
Arthur