1. A method of controlling an electronic device provided with functionality for composing and sending messages in accordance with at least one text-based messaging service, comprising, in response to execution on the electronic device of a message-composition process for composing a message to be sent to a recipient of the message via said text-based messaging service, setting a language configuration of the electronic device in conformance with language data associated with the recipient, wherein said language data indicates a language to be used for composing the message.