mails not appearing to recipient as intended

[tortoise]

I'm using Windows Live and Windows 7
Any forwarded mail or newly composed mail does not appear to the recipient as I sent it. If i send mail to myself my font Comic Sans is always defaulted to Calibri. some jokes i forwarded were unreadable due to format changes. This is a fairly recent problem I believe.

 

[BrightBlessings]

If this is recent it maybe due to some updates you have recieved but thats only a stab in the dark. You could try a repair of Windows Live mail. To do this go to control panel> programs and features, click on Microsoft Live Essentials and you will be given a choice to unistall or repair Windows Live Components. Back up your mail and contacts first just to be safe.
Is your pc virus free?

 

[tortoise]

repair windows live

thanks for your help. I repaired Windows Live but am concerned that my messing around in the options and fonts may be the problem now.
when i send mail to myself written in Comic Sans it arrives in Calibri.
The header says unicode utf 8. Is this what's doing it? what codes should I be using?
In mail options in fonts what does 'proportional font' and 'fixed width font' settings do?
Whats the difference between HTML and plain text in mailing?

 

[BrightBlessings]

Go to tools>options>Read Tab. Do you have read all messages in plain text uncheckd?

 

[tortoise]

mails default to Calibri on sending

yes its unchecked

 

[BrightBlessings]

Hello tortoise.
My brain is shutting down, will get back to this later today. I'm an an old man and I gotta get some kip. Hopefully someone else may come along and be able to help.