Spaces get eaten in an email

[Adrian]

How do I stop spaces from disappearing in an email I make up in an
application? I found that \r\n has to be replaced by other characters,
so presumably spaces have to be replaced as well: but by what? Please
respond.

Many thanks,
Adrian.

 

[Alberto Poblacion]

How do I stop spaces from disappearing in an email I make up in an
application? I found that \r\n has to be replaced by other characters, so
presumably spaces have to be replaced as well: but by what? Please
respond.

Are you sending the email in HTML format? If so, it is not that the
spaces disappear (they do get sent in the body of the email), it's that the
browser renders a sequence of spaces as a single space on screen, when the
addresee views the email. If you want all of them rendered, replace each
space with " " (means "non-breaking space").

 

[Adrian]

No not using html but this line which you will recognise
string message = string.Format("mailto:{0}?subject={1}&body={2}",
e_address, subject, body);

The spaces within ToString("blabla ####.##")
are being eaten up and do not appear in the email.

Adrian.

 

[Alberto Poblacion]

No not using html but this line which you will recognise
string message = string.Format("mailto:{0}?subject={1}&body={2}",
e_address, subject, body);

The spaces within ToString("blabla ####.##")
are being eaten up and do not appear in the email.

I have not tried this out, but I believe that you will need to replace
the spaces with %20 (their hex representation in a url).

 

[Adrian]

No that doesn't do the job

I have not tried this out, but I believe that you will need to replace
the spaces with %20 (their hex representation in a url).

 

[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

No that doesn't do the job

If it's a HTML email use Server.HtmlEncode to convert the spaces to the
appropriate representation

 

[Adrian]

Rad,
No it is simple txt.
Adrian.

If it's a HTML email use Server.HtmlEncode to convert the spaces to the
appropriate representation