problem with email characters

Is there a function that sorts out all the dodgy characters in an email...

e.g.


? An update on Scottish Social Networks Forum ? A summary of the conference
"Social Networks - Evidence and Potential" ? Information on two
organisations playing their part in supporting positive social networks -
Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland and Neighbourhood Networks ?


I can use stripslashes(string); to remove the backslashes but what about the
blocks. I assume they are spaces.


Ross
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