I always refer this question to the "Configuring Mail Clients to 
Send Plain ASCII Text" site on expita.com.  I don't see 
'godaddy' there on a quick look, but I suspect something there 
could be adapted to the purpose.

-- Russ  

> I explained to him that >he needed to find the 'plain text'
> option for his mail settings, but he was >not able to find any
> on his program.  He is using web based email from
> >godaddy.com. any ideas? 

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