Stan, I am using PMAIL under Win95, and your sample output looks like printers pi to me. Not readable. I could probably switch fonts to get it to work, but the point is that that code page is NOT universally available, even on Wintel platforms. ------------ Barry King, KA1NLH Engineering Manager NRG Systems "Measuring the Wind's Energy" Hinesburg, Vermont, USA barry@nrgsystems.com "The witty saying has been deleted due to limited EPROM space"