My colleague Helmut Brammerts and I are co-owners of [log in to unmask], a g German-English bilingual discussion list for students. Being able to use foreig n characters is, of course, important for us. In the one-on-one student contact of our program, we now can use foreign characters, because users at both sites use a MIME capable software (EUDORA here in the U.S. and PINE in Germany). Our list, which runs on LISTSERV, does not have that capability. Apparently LIS TSERV deletes the MIME Headers. We have changed the settings to headers=full - to no avail. Any idea how we can keep LISTSERV from deleting the MIME headers? Norbert Hedderich [log in to unmask] Department of Modern and Classical Tel. (401) 792-4710 Languages and Literatures FAX (401) 782-4694 151 Independence Hall Kingston, RI 02881 USA