I can assure you 100% that there is no geeky guy sitting in a dark room at Rootsweb pushing buttons to send mail. All Rootsweb mail is processed by the list/mail software--there is no person sitting there pushing buttons and sending a translator or asking that you download a font. It is more likely that the people who are receiving the Japanese translator message are using OE. If a message is sent in certain character sets OE users get this message about having to download special fonts to read the message. So all I can suggest is to: change defaults in OE for those who are using it and/or hit the delete key and ignore. Kathi Jones-Hudson JONES Listowner __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com