>Please check tinfoil hats at the door; dude, none of this non-technical >audience are "worried" about HTML email :-) I just got done doing an html email for a client. He said his company has tried both ways (and they market to IT pros, btw) and html email converts STUPID numbers above plaintext, to the point where they won't even consider changing. You might find this link helpful. I did. Of course, MS being MS, I had to install the *cough* so called "validator" on the XP laptop instead of my main box . . . http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338200.aspx -- Ciao for now, bj mailto:bj at kickasswebdesign.com http://kickasswebdesign.com http://refreshdelval.org http://bitchslappin.net