Hi, I configured my SMTPAppender like this <appender name="email" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.SMTPAppender"> <Subject>Error on - %p%nopex</Subject> <Encoding>UTF-8</Encoding> <SMTPHost>192.168.11.41</SMTPHost> <To>error@xxxxxxxx.xx</To> <From>error@xxxxxxx.xx/From> <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout"> <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{50} - %msg%n%ex</pattern> </layout> </appender> The email is sent from code : log.error("Ordine " + myOrderHeader.getIdorder() + " è stato pagato ma il prodotto è già SCADUTO !! Res / Item " + myOrderHeader.getIdreseller() + " / " + itemMaster.getItemId()); And this is the mail source : ------=_Part_82_50553.1232007757067 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2009-01-15 09:22:37,067 [http--80-8] ERROR it.dnshst.useritem.UserItem - Or= dine 158 =E8 stato pagato ma il prodotto =E8 gi=E0 SCADUTO !! Res / Item 1 = / 1504 ------=_Part_82_50553.1232007757067-- And this is displaied 2009-01-15 09:22:37,067 [http--80-8] ERROR it.dnshst.useritem.UserItem - Ordine 158 � stato pagato ma il prodotto � gi� SCADUTO !! Res / Item 1 / 1504 All character "extend" are wrong encoding (è à). Any Hints ? Thanks a lot -- Alex Fustini Mysql Developer 5 Certified Mysql Dba 5 Certified