you know... that could work... however.. it doesn't do anything for "signed" msgs... and, you really shouln't need to go %^&%& with the registry to look at msgs in a basic format!!! another example of msoft knowing what's best for you!! but thanks for the heads up... -----Original Message----- From: Joel D Canfield [mailto:joel at spinhead.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:25 AM To: bedouglas at earthlink.net; thelist at lists.evolt.org Subject: RE: [thelist] [OT] Outlook 2003 Annoyances > you want the incoming msgs to be displayed in > "text" format instead of rtf/html... outlook > 2000/2003 doesn't provide a way > of doing this... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307594 shows a registry change which allegedly sets this option joel