Do you have HTML set for news? Tools | Options | Send | Mail Sending Format.
Tools | Options | Compose have different settings for Mail and News as well.

And then there is this:

OLEXP: The Font Size Changes When You Press ENTER in a New Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q232001

OLEXP: Default Font Size Is Not Applied in a New HTML E-mail Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q240730

OLEXP: Large or Small Font Printing Message from Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q276435

OLEXP: Cannot Change Text Format Using Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q178895
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"swtanjul" wrote in message
...
I have tried everything I can think of to set the font, font size, and font
color in OE 6.0 and I can't set the font, font size, or font color when I
go
to post in an MSN group plus if I click to set a font color...there is no
color to choose from...the OE problems are that I have gone into set the
font, color, and size and choose what I want and the moment I begin to
type a
message they all change back to times roman font type and black with the
size
being 12. I have gone into options and tools and set the best I could but
nothing stays the way I choose it...any suggestions?