Well, as regards your original question, it'd be easier to explain what
International encoding doesn't do: It doesn't translate messages. The
recipient will receive what you send but how he sees it when he goes to read
it depends on both the encoding you used and your International send
encoding.

Encoding is a rather complex and somewhat arcane topic, as is International
encoding settings for outgoing mail, neither of which are a particular
specialty of mine. See this page of Paul Gorodyanksi's regarding Cyrillic
fonts and encoding in Windows, for example:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...or/fonts_e.htm.

You might experiment with the different International encoding choices:
Select one, compose a brief message, copy the entire message to your
clipboard, then send yourself the email and take a look at how the message
appears when you open it. Then select another choice, paste the same
message into another new email and repeat.
--
~PA Bear

Charlie wrote:
Outlook Express: if click on International settings PA Bear you get a list
from arabic to vietnamese to choose. If you click on one the box says:
default setting for outgoing messages. This lead me to believe it
translates your message to whatever is highlighted. Explain further what
it does please. Charlie

"PA Bear" wrote:

No, it does not translate English into Cyrillic, Charlie. (Cyrillic is
not a language, but an alphabet [font]...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet ...and an encoding
format.) What led you to understand that Cyrillic encoding would
translate English into your friend's native language?

OE Help "Read and send international messages".

Can you read and write in your friend's language? If so, see Paul
Gorodyanski's page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...r/index_en.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Charlie wrote:
I have a friend in eastern europe and their english is elementary. To
help them I wanted to send the english e-mail so it can be read in
Cyrillic. As Dr. International mentioned. I went to Outlook Express
...Tools...Options...International settings...and clicked on the
Cyrillac option.

My question, what does this actually do? As I understand, it
translates my english version to russian when the e-mail is sent to
europe. Is this correct?

Any help would be appreciated. Charlie