give this a try: go to mail preferences>viewing> and select none if you want as the headers to view. default is not too verbose though. I don't know if this applies to forwarding messages to others though. you may have to edit that out ifyou can. On May 21, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Stephen Guerra wrote: Can it be done when forwarding a message to turn off the Message header so the receiver does not see all the Mime text coding Stephen Guerra Assistive Technology and Technical Operations Specialist Independent living aids, LLC 200 Robbins Lane Jericho, New York 11753-2341 Phone: 800.537.2118 Direct: 516.450.3817 Fax: 516.450.3842 E-mail: stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web sites: www.independentliving.com www.soundbytes.com -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At A Time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx