Need help re settting default font for Create Mail

[Miguel B Good]

Can anyone help me with this?

When I go to Options>Compose>Font Settings (Outlook 6), I change it to
Courier New, size 12.

But when I hit Compose button to the Create Mail button, to compose a
new e-mail, it gives me Arial Font size 10.

Now, I tried creating a Stationery template that would give me Courier
New size 12. I opened an e-mail, set it to Courier New size 12, and
then used Save As and saved it as a Stationery under the name Courier.

But when I use the drop down menu under Create Mail and choose that
template, and go to write the e-mail, it does not give me the Courier
that I chose, but rather it gives me Arial size 10.

How can I make it give me Courier Size 12 when I just hit the Create
Mail button once?

Thanks in advance for your help!