Create an html e-mail using asp.net

aur56

I am using stringbuilder to create a html email message that is basically a
two column table with the field name in one column, and the field value in
another, and about 30 rows. I don't get any errors when the code runs, but
there seems to be always one field that has the wrong background color, or
has a "!" in the text of the e-mail message. On the e-mail message, when I
click "View Source", I see that at the end of many rows, there is a "!"
character at the end. So, instead of bgcolor="#b0e0e 6", I see bgcolor="#b!
and then you have go down one line and all the way to the left (in view
source), to see the rest of the characters; 0e0e6". The location of this
error is different in other e-mails and depends on how many fields I put in
the particular e-mail. If I create a really short e-mail, then I don't have
this problem. Has anyone encountered this? Any help would be appreciated.
Here is the example code;

Dim strMessage As New StringBuilder

strMessage.Appe nd("<html>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<body>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<table width=""100%"" border=""1"" align=""center" "
cellpadding=""2 "" cellspacing=""1 "">")

strMessage.Appe nd("<tr>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""40%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""2"">")
strMessage.Appe nd("Project Number")
strMessage.Appe nd("</strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""60%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""2"">")
strMessage.Appe nd(strProjnum)
strMessage.Appe nd("</strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</tr>")

strMessage.Appe nd("<tr>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""40%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""3"">")
strMessage.Appe nd("Request Number")
strMessage.Appe nd("</font></strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""60%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""4"">")
strMessage.Appe nd(strRequestnu m)
strMessage.Appe nd("</font></strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</tr>")

strMessage.Appe nd("</table>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</body>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</html>")

Dim newMail As New MailMessage

newMail.From = "hr******@jcpen ney.com"
newMail.To ="au*****@jcpen ney.com"

newMail.Subject = "Hardware Request Confirmation - New"
newMail.Body = strMessage.ToSt ring
newMail.BodyFor mat = MailFormat.Html

SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = "mailserver.jcp enney.com"
SmtpMail.Send(n ewMail)

Jul 21 '05 #1

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1857

Bill

The problem is your are sending the entire message as a single line and that
lines length is over the supported length of the server. You can either
break your lines manually using VBCRLF or you can use a 3rd party product
that will do it for you.

You could use the http://www.freesmtp.net component. Just turn on
quoted-printable encoding and it will wrap the lines for you.

i.e.

strMessage.Appe nd("<html>" & vbcrlf)
strMessage.Appe nd("<body>" & vbcrlf)

76 characters per line is a safe length to send at because that number is
supported by all servers.
"aur56" <au***@discussi ons.microsoft.c om> wrote in message
news:88******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I am using stringbuilder to create a html email message that is basically a
two column table with the field name in one column, and the field value in
another, and about 30 rows. I don't get any errors when the code runs,
but
there seems to be always one field that has the wrong background color, or
has a "!" in the text of the e-mail message. On the e-mail message, when
I
click "View Source", I see that at the end of many rows, there is a "!"
character at the end. So, instead of bgcolor="#b0e0e 6", I see
bgcolor="#b!
and then you have go down one line and all the way to the left (in view
source), to see the rest of the characters; 0e0e6". The location of this
error is different in other e-mails and depends on how many fields I put
in
the particular e-mail. If I create a really short e-mail, then I don't
have
this problem. Has anyone encountered this? Any help would be
appreciated.
Here is the example code;

Dim strMessage As New StringBuilder

strMessage.Appe nd("<html>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<body>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<table width=""100%"" border=""1"" align=""center" "
cellpadding=""2 "" cellspacing=""1 "">")

strMessage.Appe nd("<tr>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""40%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""2"">")
strMessage.Appe nd("Project Number")
strMessage.Appe nd("</strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""60%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""2"">")
strMessage.Appe nd(strProjnum)
strMessage.Appe nd("</strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</tr>")

strMessage.Appe nd("<tr>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""40%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""3"">")
strMessage.Appe nd("Request Number")
strMessage.Appe nd("</font></strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("<td width=""60%""
bgcolor=""#b0e0 e6""><strong><f ontcolor=""#000 099"" size=""4"">")
strMessage.Appe nd(strRequestnu m)
strMessage.Appe nd("</font></strong></td>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</tr>")

strMessage.Appe nd("</table>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</body>")
strMessage.Appe nd("</html>")

Dim newMail As New MailMessage

newMail.From = "hr******@jcpen ney.com"
newMail.To ="au*****@jcpen ney.com"

newMail.Subject = "Hardware Request Confirmation - New"
newMail.Body = strMessage.ToSt ring
newMail.BodyFor mat = MailFormat.Html

SmtpMail.SmtpSe rver = "mailserver.jcp enney.com"
SmtpMail.Send(n ewMail)

Jul 21 '05 #2

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