mail() problem - not formatting correctly

[chris]

My code
<?php
$name = "freddie";

$message.="Hi Joe,\n";
$message.="\t $name has Filled out the form on the Website,\n";
$message.="The information from the form is listed below:\n";
$message.="more info\n";
$message.="more info\n";

mail("email address", "subject",$mess age,"FROM:email address");
?>

when this is run the email recieved is formatted :
Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website, The information from
the form is listed below:
more info
more info

i would expect it to be formatted :

Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website,
The information from the form is listed below:
more info
more info

Does anyone have any idea why this happens ???

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[TheTeapot]

I would recommend using html formatting in your emails, so that then
you would put

<?php
$name = "freddie";

$message.="Hi Joe,<br>\r\n";
$message.="\t $name has Filled out the form on the Website,<br>\r\ n";
$message.="The information from the form is listed below:<br>\r\n" ;
$message.="more info<br>\r\n";
$message.="more info<br>\r\n";

mail("email address", "subject",$mess age,"FROM:email address");
?>

[fletch]

I think it's something to do with the content-encoding. Don't throw in
html. It is obeying the rule for "more info" and not for the line
ending "website," which is odd, something to do with the comma?
(Clutching at straws!)

Could it be the email client you are using.

Also is the "From" working correctly? With qmail it only works when
it's like "From: jo*@doe.com\n"

[Jerry Stuckle]

chris wrote:

My code
<?php
$name = "freddie";

$message.="Hi Joe,\n";
$message.="\t $name has Filled out the form on the Website,\n";
$message.="The information from the form is listed below:\n";
$message.="more info\n";
$message.="more info\n";

mail("email address", "subject",$mess age,"FROM:email address");
?>

when this is run the email recieved is formatted :
Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website, The information from
the form is listed below:
more info
more info

i would expect it to be formatted :

Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website,
The information from the form is listed below:
more info
more info

Does anyone have any idea why this happens ???
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Chris,

Hmmm, I haven't seen this problem before, although I have used mail() a fair amount.

Some thoughts - first of all, what happens if you change the \t to a couple of
spaces? Does that change things?

Also, what does the message's source look like? Is it possible your mail reader
is reformatting and you don't know it?

Finally - did you copy/paste the code, or did you retype it? If the latter, did
you accidentally correct your "problem" when retyping? :-)

But no - you do NOT want to insert html code into your message - especially the
header.

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[chris]

"Jerry Stuckle" <js*******@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
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chris wrote:

My code
<?php
$name = "freddie";

$message.="Hi Joe,\n";
$message.="\t $name has Filled out the form on the Website,\n";
$message.="The information from the form is listed below:\n";
$message.="more info\n";
$message.="more info\n";

mail("email address", "subject",$mess age,"FROM:email address");
?>

when this is run the email recieved is formatted :
Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website, The information
from
the form is listed below:
more info
more info

i would expect it to be formatted :

Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website,
The information from the form is listed below:
more info
more info

Does anyone have any idea why this happens ???
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Chris,

Hmmm, I haven't seen this problem before, although I have used mail() a
fair amount.

i see it from time to time but havent been able to work out why
Some thoughts - first of all, what happens if you change the \t to a
couple of spaces? Does that change things?
i have tried it without the \t also without the commer

Also, what does the message's source look like? Is it possible your mail
reader is reformatting and you don't know it?

Finally - did you copy/paste the code, or did you retype it? If the
latter, did you accidentally correct your "problem" when retyping? :-)

But no - you do NOT want to insert html code into your message -
especially the header.
i thought about doing it in html but dont want to go down that road
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js*******@attgl obal.net
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[chris]

i have tried without the commer, and i am using outlook 2003
"fletch" <ri************ ****@googlemail .com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ v46g2000cwv.goo glegroups.com.. .

I think it's something to do with the content-encoding. Don't throw in
html. It is obeying the rule for "more info" and not for the line
ending "website," which is odd, something to do with the comma?
(Clutching at straws!)

Could it be the email client you are using.

Also is the "From" working correctly? With qmail it only works when
it's like "From: jo*@doe.com\n"

[Jerry Stuckle]

chris wrote:

"Jerry Stuckle" <js*******@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
news:tb******** *************** *******@comcast .com...

chris wrote:

My code
<?php
$name = "freddie";

$message.="H i Joe,\n";
$message.="\ t $name has Filled out the form on the Website,\n";
$message.="T he information from the form is listed below:\n";
$message.="m ore info\n";
$message.="m ore info\n";

mail("emai l address", "subject",$mess age,"FROM:email address");
?>

when this is run the email recieved is formatted :
Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website, The information
from
the form is listed below:
more info
more info

i would expect it to be formatted :

Hi Joe,
freddie has Filled out the form on the Website,
The information from the form is listed below:
more info
more info

Does anyone have any idea why this happens ???
--

Chris,

Hmmm, I haven't seen this problem before, although I have used mail() a
fair amount.

i see it from time to time but havent been able to work out why

Some thoughts - first of all, what happens if you change the \t to a
couple of spaces? Does that change things?

i have tried it without the \t also without the commer

Also, what does the message's source look like? Is it possible your mail
reader is reformatting and you don't know it?

Finally - did you copy/paste the code, or did you retype it? If the
latter, did you accidentally correct your "problem" when retyping? :-)

But no - you do NOT want to insert html code into your message -
especially the header.

i thought about doing it in html but dont want to go down that road

Chris,

Another thought. Before you send the message, write out everything - headers,
message, everything - to a database. Then when you get a bad message, go back
to the database to see what was actually sent to mail(). That should give you a
better idea of whether the problem is in your message itself or the mail command.

I'm just wondering if a spammer may be trying to add a BCC: field or something
similar to see if he can break your form.

Even if not - at least you'll see the raw data - maybe it will help.
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