Hi All,



I've got what I think is a very easily solved problem.  I'm using CDONTS to

simply send and email message from within my ASP app.  However, I simply

cannot get over the hump of trying to figure out how to format the message

body when the type is basic text.  What I want to do is simple carriage

returns, tabs, bold if possible, etc. the message body.  So, what do I

insert in the body string as special characters that will be interpreted by

a text email client as carriage returns, tabs, etc.?



Thanks for your help,

Bernie

Hello, Bernie.



Yes, it is very easy to format plain text e-mail. For example, in VBscript:



MyLine1 = "Here is line 1."

MyLine2 = "Here is line 2."

myMail.Body = MyLine1 & Chr(13) & MyLine2



in other words, use Chr(13) to create a line break.



I have not tried tab, but it is Chr(9).



I had imagined that other formatting, such as bold, was "illegal" in plain 

text e-mail, so I have not even attempted that.



Good luck,



Martin





> Hi All,

> 

> I've got what I think is a very easily solved problem.  I'm using CDONTS 

to

> simply send and email message from within my ASP app.  However, I simply

> cannot get over the hump of trying to figure out how to format the 

message

> body when the type is basic text.  What I want to do is simple carriage

> returns, tabs, bold if possible, etc. the message body.  So, what do I

> insert in the body string as special characters that will be interpreted 

by

> a text email client as carriage returns, tabs, etc.?

> 

> Thanks for your help,

> Bernie

>