I think Tony's right. Plain text email is perfectly sufficient for just verbal messages, but it won't permit things like receiving links you can click on (active links) or, I suspect, something like this audio capability. In a program like Outlook Express, for instance, you can go to Tools/Options then control tab to the Read tab, tab down about five times and find the two radio buttons for choosing either "read messages in HTML" or "read messages in plain text." Just hit the space bar on the one you want, in this case HTML. Then tab down to OK and press enter to close the dialogue. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diamond" <tantonio@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:21 PM Subject: Re: Listening to a emailed song I believe that he would have to have his mail as HTML ratter than plain text. Tony They say it takes a minute to find a special person, An hour to appreciate them, A day to love them, But an entire life to forget them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Hank & Patty To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: Listening to a emailed song Hello I really hope someone can tell me what my brother has to do in his outlook express settings to be able to hear songs I have e-mailed to him in the background of some e-mails. I use outlook express for my e-mail program and so does he. I know for sure that the songs were sent to him in the background of the e-mails I sent to him that are suppose to play automatically when he opens my received e-mails with these songs, but the received songs do not play for him in his outlook express program. Can someone please help me out with this to give us some ideas of what settings have to be changed in my brother's outlook express program to make it possible for him to hear the holiday songs I have sent him? If someone can please help me out with this, I would be much appreciative. Thanks. Happy holidays and happy surfing Hank -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/594 - Release Date: 12/20/2006 3:54 PM -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx