That's because the original mail probably was Outlook, which has hideous
HTML, such as what you posted below.

Why it got to 100 pt is another issue, but that's clearly code from MS
Office and not OE.

steve

wrote in message
...
Hello,

thanks for your help. The weird thing is that this happens even with mails
that I reply to from my own Outlook Express. Here is the source code of
one
of those mails:

DIV
P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"SPAN
class=apple-style-spanFONT face="Times New Roman" color=black
size=7SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 100pt; COLOR: black"Laat me even weten of dit helpt,
zo
niet: proberen we nog iets anders..../SPAN/FONT/SPANO:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"/O:PFONT
color=blackSPAN style="COLOR: black"O:P
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New
Roman"/O:Po/o/SPAN/FONT/P/DIV
DIV

As you can see, just that one sentence changed to a font of 100 points,
although I never specified that...

Regards,

GP
"Tim K" schreef in bericht
ink.net...
Hi GP,

I don't have information specific to the issue, but the font size may be
the
root of the problem. A mail program not (completely) compatible with OE
that
is designating the font size to be "100" may be the cause.

Outlook Express can only use a font size of 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24 and 36,
and is unable to correctly interpret other font sizes.

The MS news server experienced some trouble the last few day. More people
able to respond may see your query if you connect directly (to the MS
server).

Link to this group on the Microsoft news server:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rer.ie6_outloo
kexpress

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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wrote in message
...
Hello,

I am experiencing a rather strange issue with mail in Outlook Express: I
often receive mails which I reply to or forward. Sometimes the recipient
will get those mails with certain characters or paragraphs changed to a
very
large font. This is totally random and can be just a few words in a line,
or
an entire line, or just a few characters. In order to exclude any
software
problems on my computer, I reinstalled XP with SP2, but even with a fresh
install, the problem remains. The only way to get rid of those characters
is
to go to Tools - Options - Accessibility in Internet Explorer, and select
the field to ignore font sizes on webpages, which of course makes web
browsing a not so nice experience. Does anybody have an idea what could
cause this ? I have done everything from changing fonts to scanning the
registry for any clue. When I look at the source of the emails with the
large fonts, I can see that it is font type Arial with a font size of
100.
I
have a feeling that it has something to do with web settings, but I don´t
know where else to look.
Thanks for any help in advance.

GP