Why do Outlook send double line feeds in HTML mail?

[Guest]

In outlook 2007 it's impossible to write a single line feed. If i write:

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Hi,
Here is my mail.

Thanks,
My name
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It will show up like this in other mail clients:

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Hi,

Here is my mail.


Thanks,

Myname
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Appearantly, the editor in Outlook, doesn't show it's own html correct. Is
there really no way to have a line feed be like a line feed - a single <br>?

Holding shift while pressing enter makes no difference - both shows like a
single line feed in the editor.

 

[Brian Tillman]

In outlook 2007 it's impossible to write a single line feed.

No it's not. Hold the Shift key as you press Enter. The Enter key by
itself means <p> (new paragraph) in HTML, while Shift-Enter means <br> (line
break).

 

[Guest]

You are wrong. In the copy of Office 2007 i installed some days ago, Word has
the bahaviour you mention. Enter = paragraph, Shift+Enter = Line break.

In Outlook though, Enter and Shift-Enter works exactly the same. Both is
VISUALLY only a line break. But in the source code of the message it is: <p
class=MsoNormal> no matter what. I can't find any way to make a <br> line
feed in Outlook.