Hello ! I got an problem with the exec_msg function. When I use it to start an shell script which sends an Instant Message with german characters the Instant Message arrives to the UA with special german characters replaced with "?" symbol ... When I start the shell script manually on the shell , the error does not occur. I dont know , whether there exists special parameters for exec module or the the exec_msg function to set. Can someone tell me, hoe I can solve the problem with , that the SER doesnt replace special german characters with an "?" . Thanks ___________________________________________________________ Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de