> Agreed 100%. I had no idea that I *wasn't* sending plain text until > you pointed it out to me. (And I'm still not, unfortunately.) Here are the relevant lines from the header of your earlier message: > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This last line is the problem. Just deleting it fixes it. I deleted it then re-imported the message into Outlook Express and it put the "> " in front of every line when I replied to the message. I agree this is really a problem in OE's handling of the message, but nonetheless the problem is there. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu