As many on our list have mentioned over the years, sending ASCII-only mail to mailing lists like chile-heads is a good idea. Digest readers cannot read most attachments anyway (as I understand), and some of the rest of us find them annoying, too. Here is a URL about how to configure your mailer to avoid sending non-ascii messages, including how to prevent WINMAIL.DAT attachments: http://x23.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=450918675&CONTEXT=935170549.212664429&hitnum=24 This URL (also mentioned on the page listed above), gives instructions specifically about preventing WINMAIL.DAT attachments: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q138/0/53.asp --- Brent