Tools - Options - Send tab - look for Mail Sending Format, then choose either Plain Text Settings or HTML Settings
button. ( I do both exactly the same, as follows...)

"Automatically wrap text at 115 characters when sending"

You may need to adjust the number up or down a little to get it right. hth

Al Thompson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Kukral"
Subject: [PCSOFT] Formatting Outlook Express mail


> When I get stuff from PCBUILD and PCSOFT it frequently has lines that extend
> across
> the page from end to end.  But when I reply, my messages only go half way.
> Sentences
> end up chopped into lines with one or two words.
>
> Can anybody explain to me how to set up my Outlook Express messages so that
> they are formatted correctly?
>
> Dean     [log in to unmask]

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