<<< Your signature comes across in html too, as everyone's does. >>> Really? Don't some mailiers choose to display things that look like hyperlinks as hyperlinks even if the incoming message is text only? That's a very different thing from "all signiatures being transmitted as HTML" A straight text message cannot carry an active web-bug, can't launch an attached - or worse embedded (thanks Micro$oft) - virus automatically, does not bloat the bandwidth for the sake of it ... It would not be so bad if it were easier to twit-filter based on the mere fact messages contained HTML ;o) Bob "Whoops, Andromeda"