Ubuntu weird characters in PuTTY

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Check your Putty configuration under Window/Translation. It is probable
that Ubuntu is using UTF-8 and Mandrake is using ISO 8859 or some other
locale setting.

 On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:47:23 -0400
Peter Davis <pfd-BsdhSnS8rnmgSpxsJD1C4w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

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> I recently switched from Mandrake 10 to Ubuntu 7.04, and I'm having a=20
> problem I didn't have before.  When I connect with PuTTY, and try to=20
> read e-mail using mutt, my screen gets all screwed up by messages with=20
> weird non-printing characters in the subject line or in the body.  I=20
> never used to get this with Mandrake, and I'm using the same PuTTY.  So=
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> I assume it's something about the terminal settings that Ubuntu uses for=
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> the PuTTY/SSH connection.
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> Anyone know what this might be, or how to fix it? For what it's worth,=20
> stty -a gives me this:
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> speed 38400 baud; rows 64; columns 80; line =3D 0;
> intr =3D ^C; quit =3D ^\; erase =3D ^?; kill =3D ^U; eof =3D ^D; eol =3D =
<undef>;
> eol2 =3D <undef>; swtch =3D <undef>; start =3D ^Q; stop =3D ^S; susp =3D =
^Z; rprnt=20
> =3D ^R;
> werase =3D ^W; lnext =3D ^V; flush =3D ^O; min =3D 1; time =3D 0;
> -parenb -parodd cs8 -hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
> -ignbrk brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon -ix=
off
> -iuclc -ixany imaxbel -iutf8
> opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0=
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> vt0 ff0
> isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echop=
rt
> echoctl echoke
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> Thanks,
> -pd
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