diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 177bdfc06..13ca68fa8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - fixed a bug where deleting a contact would leave it listed in the contact list until the next refresh
 - fixed a bug where events shared among different attendees would no longer be updated automatically
 - changed the look of the Calendar module to match the look of Lightning 0.9
-- the event details now appear when clicking on it
+- the event details appear when the user clicks on it
 
 0.9.0-20080729 (1.0 rc7)
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diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js b/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
index 367bce24c..3a13dc9ed 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ function openMailbox(mailbox, reload, idx) {
     var searchValue = search["value"];
     if (searchValue && searchValue.length > 0)
       url += ("&search=" + search["criteria"]
-	      + "&value=" + escape(searchValue));
+	      + "&value=" + escape(searchValue.utf8encode()));
     var sortAttribute = sorting["attribute"];
     if (sortAttribute && sortAttribute.length > 0)
       url += ("&sort=" + sorting["attribute"]