Curmudgeon, glad to hear that someone else's machine is working like mine. I think some folks must not be clear as to whether read in plain text is checked or unchecked. Unchecking that box means you have access to HTML and checking means you have access to only plain text. Jed Barton's original post I believe, was addressing a different issue. I believe he was asking about opening links while on the web or while in a web access program. This is a much more complicated issue, related to security settings, firewalls pop-ups, etc. etc. -- 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