Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to receive. The special characters encodings in the digest are only available if you choose to have MIME messages. You can choose whether to get MIME or non-MIME in the digest through your subscription options. https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun Login, scroll down one page, "Get MIME or Plain Text Digests? Your mail reader may or may not support MIME digests. In general MIME digests are preferred, but if you have a problem reading them, select plain text digests." Select the "MIME" button. If you can't login because you don't know your password, use "forgot password" and have it emailed to you. Yes, it's a nuisance, but probably better than sitting the ascii dark. Hilarie