--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ struct t_config tinrc = {
 #ifdef HAVE_UNICODE_NORMALIZATION
 	DEFAULT_NORMALIZE,	/* normalization_form */
 #endif /* HAVE_UNICODE_NORMALIZATION */
-	MIME_ENCODING_QP,			/* mail_mime_encoding */
+	MIME_ENCODING_8BIT,			/* mail_mime_encoding */
 	MIME_ENCODING_8BIT,			/* post_mime_encoding */
 	POST_PROC_NO,				/* post_process_type */
 	QUOTE_COMPRESS|QUOTE_EMPTY,	/* quote_style */
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ struct t_config tinrc = {
 	2,		/* word_h_display_marks */
 	0,		/* wrap_column */
 #ifdef HAVE_COLOR
-	FALSE,	/* use_color */
+	TRUE,	/* use_color */
 #endif /* HAVE_COLOR */
 	FALSE,	/* abbreviate_groupname */
 	TRUE,	/* add_posted_to_filter */
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ init_selfinfo(
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COLOR
 	preinit_colors();
-	use_color = FALSE;
+	use_color = TRUE;
 #endif /* HAVE_COLOR */
 
 	word_highlight = TRUE;
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ main(
 	/* always set a default value */
 	if (!tinrc.mm_local_charset || !*tinrc.mm_local_charset) {
 		FreeIfNeeded(tinrc.mm_local_charset);
-		tinrc.mm_local_charset = my_strdup("US-ASCII");
+		tinrc.mm_local_charset = my_strdup("ISO-8859-15");
 	}
 
 	/*
