In this discussion I don't think it has been pointed out that quoted-printable generally is not in the Content-Type: field, which is where one usually specifies ASCII, and other character sets. Rather, it generally is in the Content-Transfer-Encoding: field, where one specifies 7bit, 8bit, quoted-printable, etc. An ASCII text/plain message sent as quoted printable is not a contradiction. Different parameters set in different places. IF you have an email system which automatically knows best and overrides your settings, well ... You want all your email to be plain ASCII then set that as Content-type: and set Content-Transfer-Encoding: to 7bit (not 8bit, nor anything else). And set your email system so it doesn't override your settings without permission. Douglas Winship [log in to unmask]