When I create or receive email with accented characters (umlaute etc) an= d chose to externally edit the text, the acctended characters are totally screwed. Is there a setting that I may have overlooked? I tried Wordpad, Notepad, XWNT, E3 - all the same. Example: s (U Umlaut)= Thanks B. --------------------- Phone: 707-254-9424 EMail: krevet@ibm.net