Sorry, I did mean to include more how to's but got distracted. HTML is Hyper Text Markup Language, the web language. A data language that tells a web site how to act. WebBugs are implanted into HTML that report back to it's writer/owner. More? ----- Original Message ----- From: "tactilelady" <supergrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Ok I've seen this before set your outlook express to read in plain text but > I don't understand the difference between plain txt and html and I don't > understand how having mail set to html can allow web bugs. For that matter > I don't know what html stands for. For us pc dummies how about a lesson > please. Mine is set to plain text because of this amazing man that built my > pc. Course I've always known he is amazing but not why he set certain things > a certain way when he built my pc and set it up for me. I just have sense > enough to not fix it if it ain't broke. -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.245 / Virus Database: 262.10.6 - Release Date: 5/28/2004 Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.