email body contains bad characters

[mike]

I have created a side application in VB.NET which reads
rows from a DB and builds an email message.

when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or the
mailmessage, it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at about
every 980th space. I have confirmed that these characters
are not in the string or the message body before the email
is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?

Thanks
Mike

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

RE: email body contains bad characters

Hi Mike,

I can not reproduce the problem, when I test to send a string from a txt
file about 40kb.

1.You may try to send the mail via another smtp server to see if the
problem persists.
2. You may try to send a string which is not retrieve from the DB, e.g. you
may get it from a txt file, to see if the problem persists.
if yes, I hope you can post the code and the test txt file which will
become the mail.body for me to reproduce the problem on my machine.
3. What Mail client did you use?

I will appreciate your effort.


Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.

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>
>I have created a side application in VB.NET which reads
>rows from a DB and builds an email message.
>
>when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or the
>mailmessage, it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at about
>every 980th space. I have confirmed that these characters
>are not in the string or the message body before the email
>is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?
>
>Thanks
>Mike
>[/color]

[Mike]

RE: email body contains bad characters

Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply and the suggestions.
I tried using a hard coded string and a different web
server and still recveived the same results. However i
stumbled on a solution to the problem by adding a VbCrLf
to the end of the line. Let me give you a bit of backgroud
on what i am doing here:

This app will read rows from a table which represent
individual items. There may be more than one row per
email. This application, a windows service built in VB,
takes the SQLDataReader and reads every in a While
Datareader.Read loop. In each iteration, a MailMessage
object is created with a header and individual line
representing the data. It then attempts to add this
mailmessage to a hash, using a key based on the email
address. If it fails the add because it already exist in
the hash, we take the datastring and append it to the end
of the mailmessage.bod y of the existing item in the hash.

previously we only had one CrLf at the end of the add to
the body of the message. but now when i put in another
crlf at the end of the string itself, it seems to work.

Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I would like you to
see the code, but i will have to email it to you: i cant
post this material to a newsgroup.

thanks
Mike

[color=blue]
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mike,
>
>I can not reproduce the problem, when I test to send a[/color]
string from a txt[color=blue]
>file about 40kb.
>
>1.You may try to send the mail via another smtp server to[/color]
see if the[color=blue]
>problem persists.
>2. You may try to send a string which is not retrieve[/color]
from the DB, e.g. you[color=blue]
>may get it from a txt file, to see if the problem[/color]
persists.[color=blue]
>if yes, I hope you can post the code and the test txt[/color]
file which will[color=blue]
>become the mail.body for me to reproduce the problem on[/color]
my machine.[color=blue]
>3. What Mail client did you use?
>
>I will appreciate your effort.
>
>
>Regards,
>Peter Huang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
confers no rights.[color=blue]
>
>--------------------[color=green]
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>>Subject: email body contains bad characters
>>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:59:16 -0700
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>>Message-ID: <569c01c376e2$f 0918160$a601280 a@phx.gbl>
>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>> charset="iso-8859-1"
>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
>>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
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>>
>>I have created a side application in VB.NET which reads
>>rows from a DB and builds an email message.
>>
>>when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
>>mailmessage , it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at about
>>every 980th space. I have confirmed that these[/color][/color]
characters[color=blue][color=green]
>>are not in the string or the message body before the[/color][/color]
email[color=blue][color=green]
>>is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mike
>>[/color]
>
>.
>[/color]

[Bill]

Re: email body contains bad characters

SMTP has a defined limit of 76 characters per line. Some mail
servers/gateways will not accept your mail if this line length is not
enforced. If you want your e-mail to look better you should add your own
breaks when creating the text this will make sure the breaks are on the
correct lines. Another option is to use quoted-printable encoding which
will break the lines for you.

Feel free to see:

http://www.freesmtp.net

"Mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com> wrote in message
news:0c7601c377 99$05c42c70$a30 1280a@phx.gbl.. .[color=blue]
> Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply and the suggestions.
> I tried using a hard coded string and a different web
> server and still recveived the same results. However i
> stumbled on a solution to the problem by adding a VbCrLf
> to the end of the line. Let me give you a bit of backgroud
> on what i am doing here:
>
> This app will read rows from a table which represent
> individual items. There may be more than one row per
> email. This application, a windows service built in VB,
> takes the SQLDataReader and reads every in a While
> Datareader.Read loop. In each iteration, a MailMessage
> object is created with a header and individual line
> representing the data. It then attempts to add this
> mailmessage to a hash, using a key based on the email
> address. If it fails the add because it already exist in
> the hash, we take the datastring and append it to the end
> of the mailmessage.bod y of the existing item in the hash.
>
> previously we only had one CrLf at the end of the add to
> the body of the message. but now when i put in another
> crlf at the end of the string itself, it seems to work.
>
> Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I would like you to
> see the code, but i will have to email it to you: i cant
> post this material to a newsgroup.
>
> thanks
> Mike
>
>[color=green]
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Mike,
> >
> >I can not reproduce the problem, when I test to send a[/color]
> string from a txt[color=green]
> >file about 40kb.
> >
> >1.You may try to send the mail via another smtp server to[/color]
> see if the[color=green]
> >problem persists.
> >2. You may try to send a string which is not retrieve[/color]
> from the DB, e.g. you[color=green]
> >may get it from a txt file, to see if the problem[/color]
> persists.[color=green]
> >if yes, I hope you can post the code and the test txt[/color]
> file which will[color=green]
> >become the mail.body for me to reproduce the problem on[/color]
> my machine.[color=green]
> >3. What Mail client did you use?
> >
> >I will appreciate your effort.
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >Peter Huang
> >Microsoft Online Partner Support
> >Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> >This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
> confers no rights.[color=green]
> >
> >--------------------[color=darkred]
> >>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
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> >>Sender: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
> >>Subject: email body contains bad characters
> >>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:59:16 -0700
> >>Lines: 11
> >>Message-ID: <569c01c376e2$f 0918160$a601280 a@phx.gbl>
> >>MIME-Version: 1.0
> >>Content-Type: text/plain;
> >> charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
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> >>
> >>I have created a side application in VB.NET which reads
> >>rows from a DB and builds an email message.
> >>
> >>when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>mailmessage , it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at about
> >>every 980th space. I have confirmed that these[/color][/color]
> characters[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>are not in the string or the message body before the[/color][/color]
> email[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Mike
> >>[/color]
> >
> >.
> >[/color][/color]

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

RE: email body contains bad characters

Hi Mike,

I agree with Bill's suggestion. So that I suggest you change another smtp
server.
If you want to email to me, you may email to my email address with the
"online" omitted.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.

Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.

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>
>Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply and the suggestions.
>I tried using a hard coded string and a different web
>server and still recveived the same results. However i
>stumbled on a solution to the problem by adding a VbCrLf
>to the end of the line. Let me give you a bit of backgroud
>on what i am doing here:
>
>This app will read rows from a table which represent
>individual items. There may be more than one row per
>email. This application, a windows service built in VB,
>takes the SQLDataReader and reads every in a While
>Datareader.Rea d loop. In each iteration, a MailMessage
>object is created with a header and individual line
>representing the data. It then attempts to add this
>mailmessage to a hash, using a key based on the email
>address. If it fails the add because it already exist in
>the hash, we take the datastring and append it to the end
>of the mailmessage.bod y of the existing item in the hash.
>
>previously we only had one CrLf at the end of the add to
>the body of the message. but now when i put in another
>crlf at the end of the string itself, it seems to work.
>
>Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I would like you to
>see the code, but i will have to email it to you: i cant
>post this material to a newsgroup.
>
>thanks
>Mike
>
>[color=green]
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Mike,
>>
>>I can not reproduce the problem, when I test to send a[/color]
>string from a txt[color=green]
>>file about 40kb.
>>
>>1.You may try to send the mail via another smtp server to[/color]
>see if the[color=green]
>>problem persists.
>>2. You may try to send a string which is not retrieve[/color]
>from the DB, e.g. you[color=green]
>>may get it from a txt file, to see if the problem[/color]
>persists.[color=green]
>>if yes, I hope you can post the code and the test txt[/color]
>file which will[color=green]
>>become the mail.body for me to reproduce the problem on[/color]
>my machine.[color=green]
>>3. What Mail client did you use?
>>
>>I will appreciate your effort.
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Peter Huang
>>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
>confers no rights.[color=green]
>>
>>--------------------[color=darkred]
>>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>>From: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>>Sender: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>>Subject: email body contains bad characters
>>>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:59:16 -0700
>>>Lines: 11
>>>Message-ID: <569c01c376e2$f 0918160$a601280 a@phx.gbl>
>>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>>> charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>>X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
>>>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
>>>Thread-Index: AcN24vCRbEaUVCS kTFi7S5KYVpNGyA ==
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>>>Xref: cpmsftngxa06.ph x.gbl[/color][/color]
>microsoft.publ ic.dotnet.gener al:107789[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA14 10.40.1.166
>>>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l
>>>
>>>I have created a side application in VB.NET which reads
>>>rows from a DB and builds an email message.
>>>
>>>when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or[/color][/color]
>the[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>mailmessag e, it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at about
>>>every 980th space. I have confirmed that these[/color][/color]
>characters[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>are not in the string or the message body before the[/color][/color]
>email[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Mike
>>>[/color]
>>
>>.
>>[/color]
>[/color]

[Mike]

RE: email body contains bad characters

I think it did have something to do with the 76 characters
per line limit. I was inserting my own line breaks, but
somewhere around the 85th character.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with this one.

Mike


[color=blue]
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mike,
>
>I agree with Bill's suggestion. So that I suggest you[/color]
change another smtp[color=blue]
>server.
>If you want to email to me, you may email to my email[/color]
address with the[color=blue]
>"online" omitted.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Regards,
>Peter Huang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
confers no rights.[color=blue]
>
>Regards,
>Peter Huang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
confers no rights.[color=blue]
>
>--------------------[color=green]
>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>From: "Mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>Sender: "Mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>References: <569c01c376e2$f 0918160$a601280 a@phx.gbl>[/color]
><kHCCS02dDHA.2 116@cpmsftngxa0 6.phx.gbl>[color=green]
>>Subject: RE: email body contains bad characters
>>Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:42:40 -0700
>>Lines: 101
>>Message-ID: <0c7601c37799$0 5c42c70$a301280 a@phx.gbl>
>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>> charset="iso-8859-1"
>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
>>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
>>Thread-Index: AcN3mQXECbRgzfm xThykjnjzUL1n1Q ==
>>Newsgroups: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l
>>Path: cpmsftngxa06.ph x.gbl
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>>NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA11 10.40.1.163
>>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l
>>
>>Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply and the[/color][/color]
suggestions.[color=blue][color=green]
>>I tried using a hard coded string and a different web
>>server and still recveived the same results. However i
>>stumbled on a solution to the problem by adding a VbCrLf
>>to the end of the line. Let me give you a bit of[/color][/color]
backgroud[color=blue][color=green]
>>on what i am doing here:
>>
>>This app will read rows from a table which represent
>>individual items. There may be more than one row per
>>email. This application, a windows service built in VB,
>>takes the SQLDataReader and reads every in a While
>>Datareader.Re ad loop. In each iteration, a MailMessage
>>object is created with a header and individual line
>>representin g the data. It then attempts to add this
>>mailmessage to a hash, using a key based on the email
>>address. If it fails the add because it already exist in
>>the hash, we take the datastring and append it to the[/color][/color]
end[color=blue][color=green]
>>of the mailmessage.bod y of the existing item in the[/color][/color]
hash.[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>>previously we only had one CrLf at the end of the add to
>>the body of the message. but now when i put in another
>>crlf at the end of the string itself, it seems to work.
>>
>>Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I would like you[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
>>see the code, but i will have to email it to you: i cant
>>post this material to a newsgroup.
>>
>>thanks
>>Mike
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi Mike,
>>>
>>>I can not reproduce the problem, when I test to send a[/color]
>>string from a txt[color=darkred]
>>>file about 40kb.
>>>
>>>1.You may try to send the mail via another smtp server[/color][/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
>>see if the[color=darkred]
>>>problem persists.
>>>2. You may try to send a string which is not retrieve[/color]
>>from the DB, e.g. you[color=darkred]
>>>may get it from a txt file, to see if the problem[/color]
>>persists.[color=darkred]
>>>if yes, I hope you can post the code and the test txt[/color]
>>file which will[color=darkred]
>>>become the mail.body for me to reproduce the problem on[/color]
>>my machine.[color=darkred]
>>>3. What Mail client did you use?
>>>
>>>I will appreciate your effort.
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Peter Huang
>>>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>>>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
>>confers no rights.[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>--------------------
>>>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>>>From: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>>>Sender: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>>>Subject: email body contains bad characters
>>>>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:59:16 -0700
>>>>Lines: 11
>>>>Message-ID: <569c01c376e2$f 0918160$a601280 a@phx.gbl>
>>>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>>>Content-Type: text/plain;
>>>> charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>>>X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
>>>>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE[/color][/color][/color]
V5.50.4910.0300[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>Thread-Index: AcN24vCRbEaUVCS kTFi7S5KYVpNGyA ==
>>>>Newsgroup s: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l
>>>>Path: cpmsftngxa06.ph x.gbl
>>>>Xref: cpmsftngxa06.ph x.gbl[/color]
>>microsoft.pub lic.dotnet.gene ral:107789[color=darkred]
>>>>NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA14 10.40.1.166
>>>>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l
>>>>
>>>>I have created a side application in VB.NET which[/color][/color][/color]
reads[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>rows from a DB and builds an email message.
>>>>
>>>>when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or[/color]
>>the[color=darkred]
>>>>mailmessage , it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at[/color][/color][/color]
about[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>every 980th space. I have confirmed that these[/color]
>>characters[color=darkred]
>>>>are not in the string or the message body before the[/color]
>>email[color=darkred]
>>>>is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Mike
>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>.
>[/color]

[Mike]

RE: email body contains bad characters

I think it did have something to do with the 76 characters
per line limit. I was inserting my own line breaks, but
somewhere around the 85th character.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with this one.

Mike


[color=blue]
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mike,
>
>I agree with Bill's suggestion. So that I suggest you[/color]
change another smtp[color=blue]
>server.
>If you want to email to me, you may email to my email[/color]
address with the[color=blue]
>"online" omitted.
>
>I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Regards,
>Peter Huang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
confers no rights.[color=blue]
>
>Regards,
>Peter Huang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
confers no rights.[color=blue]
>
>--------------------[color=green]
>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>From: "Mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>Sender: "Mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>References: <569c01c376e2$f 0918160$a601280 a@phx.gbl>[/color]
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>>Subject: RE: email body contains bad characters
>>Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:42:40 -0700
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>>Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply and the[/color][/color]
suggestions.[color=blue][color=green]
>>I tried using a hard coded string and a different web
>>server and still recveived the same results. However i
>>stumbled on a solution to the problem by adding a VbCrLf
>>to the end of the line. Let me give you a bit of[/color][/color]
backgroud[color=blue][color=green]
>>on what i am doing here:
>>
>>This app will read rows from a table which represent
>>individual items. There may be more than one row per
>>email. This application, a windows service built in VB,
>>takes the SQLDataReader and reads every in a While
>>Datareader.Re ad loop. In each iteration, a MailMessage
>>object is created with a header and individual line
>>representin g the data. It then attempts to add this
>>mailmessage to a hash, using a key based on the email
>>address. If it fails the add because it already exist in
>>the hash, we take the datastring and append it to the[/color][/color]
end[color=blue][color=green]
>>of the mailmessage.bod y of the existing item in the[/color][/color]
hash.[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>>previously we only had one CrLf at the end of the add to
>>the body of the message. but now when i put in another
>>crlf at the end of the string itself, it seems to work.
>>
>>Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I would like you[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
>>see the code, but i will have to email it to you: i cant
>>post this material to a newsgroup.
>>
>>thanks
>>Mike
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Hi Mike,
>>>
>>>I can not reproduce the problem, when I test to send a[/color]
>>string from a txt[color=darkred]
>>>file about 40kb.
>>>
>>>1.You may try to send the mail via another smtp server[/color][/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
>>see if the[color=darkred]
>>>problem persists.
>>>2. You may try to send a string which is not retrieve[/color]
>>from the DB, e.g. you[color=darkred]
>>>may get it from a txt file, to see if the problem[/color]
>>persists.[color=darkred]
>>>if yes, I hope you can post the code and the test txt[/color]
>>file which will[color=darkred]
>>>become the mail.body for me to reproduce the problem on[/color]
>>my machine.[color=darkred]
>>>3. What Mail client did you use?
>>>
>>>I will appreciate your effort.
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Peter Huang
>>>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>>>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and[/color]
>>confers no rights.[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>--------------------
>>>>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>>>>From: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>>>Sender: "mike" <mike.gradilone @linedata.com>
>>>>Subject: email body contains bad characters
>>>>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:59:16 -0700
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>>>>I have created a side application in VB.NET which[/color][/color][/color]
reads[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>rows from a DB and builds an email message.
>>>>
>>>>when i have a long string the the mailmessage.bod y or[/color]
>>the[color=darkred]
>>>>mailmessage , it puts in an "!<linefeed><sp ace>" at[/color][/color][/color]
about[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>every 980th space. I have confirmed that these[/color]
>>characters[color=darkred]
>>>>are not in the string or the message body before the[/color]
>>email[color=darkred]
>>>>is sent. Has anyone seen this or have any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Mike
>>>>
>>>
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