Hi I end up getting funny characters when I run slrn or mutt in an xterm. I tried fooling with $TERM but it didnt help. Also, mutt/slrn look and feel different when I run them in screen. I believe this is because I use the "vga" font. Its been a while since I set up xterm to use this font and I kinda like it, partly because it makes my xterms look exactly like my framebuffer virtual console. Changing the xterm font does fix the goofy characters, but I haven't been able to find a font that looks good on my laptop. Courier is my favorite font and I've been using some courier variant on my machine at work since ages. The problem is that courier in bold looks terrible on my laptop. I've spent hours fiddling with my fonts and the truth is that I've never been satisfied with my fonts ever. Netscape fonts are a whole different story, but I think they are ok for now. If you are as finicky about fonts as I am, I'd like to hear from you :) bye :) Anmol PS: I'm running Debian woody _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk