> Odd, but... Did u put > set encoding=utf-8 > in your ~/.vimrc ? It's in ~/.vim/ftplugins/mail for mail files. Any ways when I'm in the editor I can checked via: :set encoding? and I get utf-8 Przemek -- AIKIDO TANREN DOJO - Poland - Warsaw - Mokotow - Ursynow - Natolin info: http://tanren.pl/ phone:+48501516666 mailto:dojo@xxxxxxxxx