Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> writes: > There isn't anything non-ISO about "ä", including it in a message doesn't make > it "not text only". Right. > The "ae" is a poorman form of "æ". In German it is perfectly legitimate to use "ae" instead of "ä" if you can not use that for what ever reason. It is just ugly. The character "æ" is used nowhere in German. Matthias