Paypal - Configure Paypal to handle UTF-8
If you are using Paypal for payment processing, you need to configure Paypal's IPN to accept UTF-8 IPN responses. This is required when customer information such as the customer's name or address contain accented characters.
To configure Paypal to handle UTF-8:
Login to your paypal account
Click Profile then Profile and Settings
Click My selling tools
Scroll to the bottom of the page to the More selling tools section and click Paypal button language encoding
Click More Options
Set the Encoding to UTF-8
Set the "Do you want to use the same encoding for data sent from PayPal to you (e.g., IPN, downloadable logs, emails)?" to Yes
Click Save
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