From: Ram Meenakshisundaram [mailto:RMeenaks@OLF.COM] Hi Thilo, ..... SOrry about the HTML, its outlooks fault... Cheers, Ram FYI - I just looked here in my Outlook 2000. If you go into the Tools menu, select Options, then click on the Mail Format tab, at the top you should see an option that says "See in this message format:" There you can select Plain Text. But that doesn't change the format when you're replying to a message. And/or, if your creating/replying to a message, if you go into the Format menu (in the same message composition window) you can change it to Plain Text for that specific message. I use Outlook for composing messages. If your using Word to compose the e-mail, I suggest you change that in the "Tools - Options - Mail Format" window. If you have a specific question about this, e-mail me directly. :) Personally, I feel that if you use common sense, Outlook can be _almost_ as safe as Pine. Too bad it's Microsoft that's developing and supporting it. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818