<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#ffffff"> g wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:48736676.4060709@bellsouth.net" type="cite">Bob Goodwin USA wrote: <blockquote type="cite">Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address. Sometimes it </blockquote> i had not noticed my 'h t m l' filter was working and why i was asking poc. this one came in 'text/plain'. how did you swing that? </blockquote> Thunderbird Edit > Preferences > Composition > General > Send Options Then enter addresses as needed. I have <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"><fedora-list@redhat.com></a> entered in the plain text column. I've just yum removed/installed Thunderbird. Hopefully things will be better. Bob </body> </html>