I don't believe you, the recipient, can do anything. But your friend the sender can.. To get rid of the dumb info Exchange sends out in WINMAIL.DAT to non-exchange mail clients, select Address Book from the Tools menu. Add every single Internet address you know of which is a) a mailing list or b) someone who doesn't use exchange. Double click on each address individually and Click on the tab "SMTP - Internet". Uncheck the "Always send messages in Microsoft Exchange Rich Text Format" for *each* *address* *individually*. Are we having fun yet? Apparently, for a 38 word msg, with one word in colour and one in a different font, exchange sends out a 1514 character file to describe it. cya, r *-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-* + Rosanne Bersten (editor@ia.com.au) - Editor, internet.au magazine + + tel: +61 2 310 1433 * fax: +61 2 310 1315 * http://www.ia.com.au + *-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-*