Hi Calvin

I'm using gmail's imap to clean out the dirs from Kmail (rather than a web 
browser) meself.
I've never seen this before. Check  your settings on both kmail and your email 
web settings.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Kate

On Friday 26 October 2018, Calvin Morrison wrote:
> hello,
>
> please see the attached image. when I have unreads in my IMAP  inbox I
> get these weird question mark icons. Once I have read them -> they
> disappear. Am I missing a certain font set or something simple?
>
> Thank you all,
> Calvin