Web config error when French characters are used

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Hi,
I am developing a Asp.Net web application. In that I use SMTP method to send mails manually. Here In from address in web config I am using french characters, when they are present and deployed the site is being down and 500 error is displaying

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<system.net>
   <mailSettings>
     <smtp from="Marché Matériel < igsupport@dfmstore.com >" deliveryMethod="Network">
       <network host="172.00.0.123" port="25" enableSsl="false" userName="pbtest" password="pa55w0rd!" />
     </smtp>
   </mailSettings>
 </system.net>

Please help me out. In abve bold content is the french character used.Thanks in advance.

Posted 8-Oct-14 1:57am

jing567

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Fadi Chamieh · Answer 1 · 2014-10-08T02:26:00

Solution 1

In Visual Studio, when saving web.config, you should select the encoding (UTF-8) under File -> Advanced -> Save Options.
You should also change the < and > to < and > respectively.

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<smtp from="Marché Matériel &lt; igsupport@dfmstore.com &gt;" deliveryMethod="Network">

Posted 8-Oct-14 2:26am

Fadi Chamieh

Updated 8-Oct-14 2:32am

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Maciej Los 8-Oct-14 8:43am

+5

Fadi Chamieh 9-Oct-14 14:05pm

Thanks

jing567 14-Oct-14 2:22am

Hi Fadi Chamieh,
Yia I have placed < > in the format you have suggested only... I dont have problem with them..When I am trying to place this code in IIS the whole site is geeting down because of the é . Moreover the I have UTF-8 property only...
I have doen HTML encode for that specail character and tries to read the Encoded text from Web config and at that code location I have decoded the web config french text.
If you are really intested I would provide the sample codee.