HTML means HyperText Markup Language. It is the language web pages are made of. It is capable of complex formats, graphics, embedded code (eg javascript) and lots of other things. It is associated wit those colourful backgrounds you sometimes see in email. The language is composed of tags, such as <html></html>, which are hard to understand if you view it as plain text. In html, the text is inserted between tags for formatting purposes, so it is hard to spot and follow in a meaningful way unless viewed in the intended format. An html message could be thought of as a mini web page. tactilelady wrote: >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. > >Pen >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. 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.