Re: Totally Baffling Extra ">" being added in a plain text email. What the heck?
I know I'm replying to a really old post, but I didn't see an answer and I know what the answer is. It's not CF or CFMail, it's the word "From" at the beginning of a line. In ANY plain text email, the word "From" at the start of a line has that extra character added to the front of it. Try it ... send yourself plain text email from any mail client and start a line with the word "From" ... Don't worry about it ... email readers can handle it. Jevo Les Mizzell wrote: > ARRRGGHH > > This is the kind of thing that makes you tear ALL your hair out! If > anybody can figure this one out, I'll treat you at Starbucks in some > future life! > > Seems simple enough - I'm just ending an plain text email: > > to="somebody.somewhere.com" > subject="Just a quick test" > from="m...@myaddress.com" > failto="m...@again.com"> > > > > "textEMAIL_BODY.cfm" - for testing right now is: > > From #request.someNAME#, > I'm testing plain text email!!! > > That's *IT*!! Nothing else to screw up. > > When I send this, in the body of the email I'm getting (minus the quotes): > > ">From Tom" > > Now, before you say, well, you've got an extra ">" somewhere you just > haven't found yet.. > > If I change the first letter in "From" to lower case "from", the ">" > goes away. In fact, if I change it to ANYTHING else, lower or upper > case, the ">" goes away If I change it BACK to a cap "From", the ">" > returns. > > Now, it's gets even MORE weird! Let's CHANGE "textEMAIL_BODY.cfm" to: > > > #req.DATE# > From #request.someNAME#, > I'm testing plain text email!!! > > Happens AGAIN - it seems that any combination of code that puts ">F" > together, results in the ">" displaying in the email! > > Yes, I can find a way to move the "From" away from a tag - but then it > messes with the spacing requested by the client. I've written dozens of > richtext email systems for clients, and have never run into anything > like this! > > I'M TOTALLY STUMPED!!! > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
re: Totally Baffling Extra ">" being added in a plain text email. What the heck?
Try adding a server="some non-existent server" attribute to the cfmail tag. This will cause the mail spool file to end up in the Udelivr folder (alternatively you can just try to catch the file in the Spool directory before it gets picked up). Now you can look at the raw email, does the problem exist there? If not then your email client or something else is adding it. -Ryan From: Les Mizzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Totally Baffling Extra ">" being added in a plain text email. What the heck? ARRRGGHH This is the kind of thing that makes you tear ALL your hair out! If anybody can figure this one out, I'll treat you at Starbucks in some future life! ... ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Totally Baffling Extra ">" being added in a plain text email. What the heck?
Les, Kind of weird for sure. How about trying to store the contents of the include file into a local var, and then use that in the body of the email. #email_body# Dan On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Les Mizzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ARRRGGHH > > This is the kind of thing that makes you tear ALL your hair out! If > anybody can figure this one out, I'll treat you at Starbucks in some > future life! > > Seems simple enough - I'm just ending an plain text email: > > to="somebody.somewhere.com" > subject="Just a quick test" > from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > failto="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > > > > "textEMAIL_BODY.cfm" - for testing right now is: > > From #request.someNAME#, > I'm testing plain text email!!! > > That's *IT*!! Nothing else to screw up. > > When I send this, in the body of the email I'm getting (minus the quotes): > > ">From Tom" > > Now, before you say, well, you've got an extra ">" somewhere you just > haven't found yet.. > > If I change the first letter in "From" to lower case "from", the ">" > goes away. In fact, if I change it to ANYTHING else, lower or upper > case, the ">" goes away If I change it BACK to a cap "From", the ">" > returns. > > Now, it's gets even MORE weird! Let's CHANGE "textEMAIL_BODY.cfm" to: > > > #req.DATE# > From #request.someNAME#, > I'm testing plain text email!!! > > Happens AGAIN - it seems that any combination of code that puts ">F" > together, results in the ">" displaying in the email! > > Yes, I can find a way to move the "From" away from a tag - but then it > messes with the spacing requested by the client. I've written dozens of > richtext email systems for clients, and have never run into anything > like this! > > I'M TOTALLY STUMPED!!! > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Totally Baffling Extra ">" being added in a plain text email. What the heck?
ARRRGGHH This is the kind of thing that makes you tear ALL your hair out! If anybody can figure this one out, I'll treat you at Starbucks in some future life! Seems simple enough - I'm just ending an plain text email: "textEMAIL_BODY.cfm" - for testing right now is: From #request.someNAME#, I'm testing plain text email!!! That's *IT*!! Nothing else to screw up. When I send this, in the body of the email I'm getting (minus the quotes): ">From Tom" Now, before you say, well, you've got an extra ">" somewhere you just haven't found yet.. If I change the first letter in "From" to lower case "from", the ">" goes away. In fact, if I change it to ANYTHING else, lower or upper case, the ">" goes away If I change it BACK to a cap "From", the ">" returns. Now, it's gets even MORE weird! Let's CHANGE "textEMAIL_BODY.cfm" to: #req.DATE# From #request.someNAME#, I'm testing plain text email!!! Happens AGAIN - it seems that any combination of code that puts ">F" together, results in the ">" displaying in the email! Yes, I can find a way to move the "From" away from a tag - but then it messes with the spacing requested by the client. I've written dozens of richtext email systems for clients, and have never run into anything like this! I'M TOTALLY STUMPED!!! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
