Strange letters in mail sent from mail-form in Wordpress - php

Question

I need to change the charset of the mail form used on this side: http://www.erik-dalsgaard.dk/kontakt/
I need to include these letters: Æ, æ, Ø, ø, Å, å
Right now the letters it output when it sends a mail is Æ, Ø,à instead of the letters above.
The php for the mailform is:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Contact
*/
get_header(); ?>
<?php
//If the form is submitted
if(isset($_POST['submitted'])) {
//Check to make sure that the name field is not empty
if(trim($_POST['contactName']) === '') {
$nameError = 'You forgot to enter your name.';
$hasError = true;
} else {
$name = trim($_POST['contactName']);
}
//Check to make sure sure that a valid email address is submitted
if(trim($_POST['email']) === '') {
$emailError = 'You forgot to enter your email address.';
$hasError = true;
} else if (!eregi("^[A-Z0-9._%-]+#[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$", trim($_POST['email']))) {
$emailError = 'You entered an invalid email address.';
$hasError = true;
} else {
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
}
//Check to make sure comments were entered
if(trim($_POST['comments']) === '') {
$commentError = 'You forgot to enter your comments.';
$hasError = true;
} else {
if(function_exists('stripslashes')) {
$comments = stripslashes(trim($_POST['comments']));
} else {
$comments = trim($_POST['comments']);
}
}
//If there is no error, send the email
if(!isset($hasError)) {
$emailTo = get_option_tree('pr_contact_email');
$subject = 'Henvendelse fra hjemmeside fra '.$name;
$msubject = trim($_POST['subject']);
$body = "Navn: $name \n\nE-Mail: $email \n\nEmne: $msubject \n\nBesked: $comments";
$headers = 'From: Besked fra hjemmeside <'.$emailTo.'>' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $email;
mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, $headers);
$emailSent = true;
}
}
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="inner custom_content">
<div class="content <?php global_template(content); ?>">
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if(the_content()){ ?>
<div class="divider"></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php if(isset($emailSent) && $emailSent == true) { ?>
<div class="form-success">
<?php echo get_option_tree('pr_form_success'); ?>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="form-success">
<?php echo get_option_tree('pr_form_success'); ?>
</div>
<form action="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="contactForm" class="big_form" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8">
<ul class="forms">
<li>
<label for="contactName">Navn: *</label>
<input type="text" name="contactName" id="contactName" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['contactName'])) echo $_POST['contactName'];?>" class="requiredField <?php if($nameError != '') { ?>hightlight<?php } ?>" />
</li>
<li><label for="email"><?php tr_translate(email); ?>: *</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['email'])) echo $_POST['email'];?>" class="requiredField email <?php if($emailError != '') { ?>hightlight<?php } ?>" />
</li>
<li><label for="subject">Emne:</label>
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['subject'])) echo $_POST['subject'];?>" />
</li>
<li class="textarea"><label for="commentsText">Besked: *</label>
<textarea name="comments" id="commentsText" rows="8" cols="60" class="requiredField <?php if($commentError != '') { ?>hightlight<?php } ?>"><?php if(isset($_POST['comments'])) { if(function_exists('stripslashes')) { echo stripslashes($_POST['comments']); } else { echo $_POST['comments']; } } ?></textarea>
</li>
<li class="buttons">
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" id="submitted" value="true" />
<button type="submit" class="button light"><?php tr_translate(submit_contact); ?></button>
<div class="loading"></div>
</li>
</ul>
</form>
</div><!-- .content End -->
<!-- Content End -->
<?php } ?>
<?php global_template(sidebar); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Answer 1

There are more places where this issue might come but fist verify if:1. MySQL 5 doesn't support full UTF-8 characters2. The e-mail client/host doesn't support full UTF-8 charactersIt is easy to verify this, check your website/your database if you detect this issues there also then you might try to use this plugin or search for similar ones.The bad part is that the issue might come from the e-mail client (ex: thunderbird or outlook) or even from the e-mail host.
I encontered an issue with some language specific characters that showed just fine in both yahoo and gmail webmail but not in any roundcube hosts. I ended up replaceing my characters with "normal" ones.(I haven't tryed the ubove plugin).Check the plugin it says it recodes the characters so it should do the trick.Regards.