note fullermd <blockquote><p> I'm wondering if I have to do something special before it gets stuffed in the database, but I don't think so. </p></blockquote> <p> As a general rule, you do <em>not</em> want to do something special before the database. You want to do something special before the <em>email</em>. When you need a particular encoding or alteration of your data for one use, you'll find yourself having to backtrack less often by doing that transformation as late and as local as possible. </p> 965210 965215