diff -Nur kdepim-3.4.0/knode/knconfig.cpp kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/knconfig.cpp
--- kdepim-3.4.0/knode/knconfig.cpp	2005-02-03 19:12:08.000000000 -0400
+++ kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/knconfig.cpp	2005-04-17 11:03:39.000000000 -0300
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@
     c_omposerCharsets=QStringList::split(',',"us-ascii,utf-8,iso-8859-1,iso-8859-2,"
     "iso-8859-3,iso-8859-4,iso-8859-5,iso-8859-6,iso-8859-7,iso-8859-8,"
     "iso-8859-9,iso-8859-10,iso-8859-13,iso-8859-14,iso-8859-15,koi8-r,koi8-u,"
-    "iso-2022-jp,iso-2022-jp-2,iso-2022-kr,euc-jp,euc-kr,Big5,gb2312");
+    "iso-2022-jp,iso-2022-jp-2,iso-2022-kr,euc-jp,euc-kr,Big5,gb2312,gbk,gb18030");
 
   c_harset=conf->readEntry("Charset").latin1();
   if (c_harset.isEmpty()) {
diff -Nur kdepim-3.4.0/knode/kngroup.cpp kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/kngroup.cpp
--- kdepim-3.4.0/knode/kngroup.cpp	2005-01-03 10:54:19.000000000 -0400
+++ kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/kngroup.cpp	2005-04-17 11:03:40.000000000 -0300
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 KNGroup::KNGroup(KNCollection *p)
   : KNArticleCollection(p), n_ewCount(0), l_astFetchCount(0), r_eadCount(0), i_gnoreCount(0),
     l_astNr(0), m_axFetch(0), d_ynDataFormat(1), f_irstNew(-1), l_ocked(false),
-    u_seCharset(false), s_tatus(unknown), i_dentity(0)
+    u_seCharset(true), s_tatus(unknown), i_dentity(0)
 {
   mCleanupConf = new KNConfig::Cleanup( false );
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   f_irstNr = info.readNumEntry("firstMsg",0);
   l_astNr = info.readNumEntry("lastMsg",0);
   d_ynDataFormat = info.readNumEntry("dynDataFormat",0);
-  u_seCharset = info.readBoolEntry("useCharset", false);
+  u_seCharset = info.readBoolEntry("useCharset", true);
   d_efaultChSet = info.readEntry("defaultChSet").latin1();
   QString s = info.readEntry("status","unknown");
   if (s=="readOnly")
diff -Nur kdepim-3.4.0/knode/kngroupmanager.cpp kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/kngroupmanager.cpp
--- kdepim-3.4.0/knode/kngroupmanager.cpp	2005-01-03 10:54:19.000000000 -0400
+++ kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/kngroupmanager.cpp	2005-04-17 11:03:40.000000000 -0300
@@ -114,18 +114,18 @@
       sepPos1 = line.find(' ');
 
       if (sepPos1==-1) {        // no description
-        name = QString::fromUtf8(line);
+        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line);
         description = QString::null;
         status = KNGroup::unknown;
       } else {
-        name = QString::fromUtf8(line.left(sepPos1));
+        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line.left(sepPos1));
 
         sepPos2 = line.find(' ',sepPos1+1);
         if (sepPos2==-1) {        // no status
-          description = QString::fromUtf8(line.right(line.length()-sepPos1-1));
+          description = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line.right(line.length()-sepPos1-1));
           status = KNGroup::unknown;
         } else {
-          description = QString::fromUtf8(line.right(line.length()-sepPos2-1));
+          description = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line.right(line.length()-sepPos2-1));
           switch (line[sepPos1+1]) {
             case 'u':   status = KNGroup::unknown;
                         break;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
   if(f.open(IO_WriteOnly)) {
     for (KNGroupInfo *i=groups->first(); i; i=groups->next()) {
-      temp = i->name.utf8();
+      temp = i->name.local8Bit();
       switch (i->status) {
         case KNGroup::unknown: temp += " u ";
                                break;
diff -Nur kdepim-3.4.0/knode/knnntpclient.cpp kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/knnntpclient.cpp
--- kdepim-3.4.0/knode/knnntpclient.cpp	2004-08-24 07:55:09.000000000 -0300
+++ kdepim-3.4.0.new/knode/knnntpclient.cpp	2005-04-17 11:03:40.000000000 -0300
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     } else {
       s[0] = 0;    // cut string
 
-      name = QString::fromUtf8(line);
+      name = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line);
 
       if (target->subscribed.contains(name)) {
         target->subscribed.remove(name);    // group names are unique, we wont find it again anyway...
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
           s++;
           while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t') s++;    // go on to the description
 
-          name = QString::fromUtf8(line);
+          name = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line);
           if (target->codecForDescriptions)          // some countries use local 8 bit characters in the tag line
             description = target->codecForDescriptions->toUnicode(s);
           else
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 #endif
     } else {
       s[0] = 0;    // cut string
-      name = QString::fromUtf8(line);
+      name = QString::fromLocal8Bit(line);
 
       while (s[1]!=0) s++;   // the last character determines the moderation status
       switch (s[0]) {
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
     int rep;
 
     for (KNGroupInfo *group=tmpList.first(); group; group=tmpList.next()) {
-      if (!sendCommand(cmd+group->name.utf8(),rep))
+      if (!sendCommand(cmd+group->name.local8Bit(),rep))
         return;
       if (rep != 215)        // 215 informations follows
         break;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
               .arg(account.server()).arg(target->groupname());
 
   cmd="GROUP ";
-  cmd+=target->groupname().utf8();
+  cmd+=target->groupname().local8Bit();
   if (!sendCommandWCheck(cmd,211)) {       // 211 n f l s group selected
     return;
   }
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
     QString groupName = static_cast<KNGroup*>(target->collection())->groupname();
     if (currentGroup != groupName) {
       cmd="GROUP ";
-      cmd+=groupName.utf8();
+      cmd+=groupName.local8Bit();
       if (!sendCommandWCheck(cmd,211))       // 211 n f l s group selected
         return;
       currentGroup = groupName;
diff -Nur kdepim-3.4.0/libkmime/kmime_headers.cpp kdepim-3.4.0.new/libkmime/kmime_headers.cpp
--- kdepim-3.4.0/libkmime/kmime_headers.cpp	2003-07-26 11:51:52.000000000 -0300
+++ kdepim-3.4.0.new/libkmime/kmime_headers.cpp	2005-04-17 11:06:29.000000000 -0300
@@ -946,14 +946,14 @@
 
 void Newsgroups::fromUnicodeString(const QString &s, const QCString&)
 {
-  g_roups=s.utf8();
+  g_roups=s.local8Bit();
   e_ncCS=cachedCharset("UTF-8");
 }
 
 
 QString Newsgroups::asUnicodeString()
 {
-  return QString::fromUtf8(g_roups);
+  return QString::fromLocal8Bit(g_roups);
 }