diff --git a/mailnews/base/resources/content/shareglue.js b/mailnews/base/resources/content/shareglue.js
index 2635844a5113..edee7e9ed9cb 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/resources/content/shareglue.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/resources/content/shareglue.js
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function CharacterSet(){}
 
 function MessengerSetDefaultCharacterSet(aCharset)
 {
-    dump(aCharset);dump("\n");
-    messenger.SetDocumentCharset(aCharset);
+//    dump(aCharset);dump("\n");
+  messenger.SetDocumentCharset(aCharset);
+  msgWindow.mailCharacterSet = aCharset;
 
 // folder charset to be set by folder property not by charset menu
 //	var folderResource = GetSelectedFolderResource();