Don wrote>>> ...messages are converted... When they arrive at the destination, they are then converted into the format of the receipient's Email software. So... non-standard characters like the Umlauts are not consistently converted.<<< -- Makes sense to me. Lucky for me, program does convert them back. :-) Leslie Bridges Kohler [List Moderator of KOEHLER-L] ShandyBeast@starlink.com DICKINSON--FOX--GLENN--MANTLO