Hi Thomas, Thanks a million
it worked like a charm but i wanna clear my doubts 1) as u said i need to create a a) 'ar' system locale with windows 1256 character set b) run the command---- localedef ar -i ar_KW -f CP1256 c) restart apache d) select Arabic translation in squirrelmail display preferences. now i followed the steps from b to d and it worked like a charm now i really dont know about a).. that is how to create the 'ar' system locale and if it was already created or existed which file or directory do i need to check. thanks and really appreciate -- Simon D'cunha ( NETWORK ADMIN ) KUWAIT MUNICIPLAITY ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@lists.sourceforge.net List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users