Using mail() for HTML bodies.

Hi fellow

I read about this here, and I need a simple form to post and mail a
simple table (formatting) in HTML.
My message is somthing like:
I have a header as this.

$headers =3D "From:".$_POST["v8"]."\r\n".
"To:sonnich@--hot.ee\r\n".
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html;\r\n";;
if (mail('sonnich@--hot.ee', 'Täidetud ankeet', $message,
$headers))

My problems:
the body remains plain text in Outlook Express.
>From is not visible
The ä remains as is in the header (should be ä)

Though my email is there twice, but the mail only once :-)

What do I dop wrong?

WBR
Sonnich

Re: Using mail() for HTML bodies.

In our last episode,
<1192224985.050093.163490@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, the lovely and
talented jodleren broadcast on comp.lang.php:

> Hi fellow

> I read about this here, and I need a simple form to post and mail a
> simple table (formatting) in HTML.
> My message is somthing like:
> I have a header as this.

> $headers = "From:".$_POST["v8"]."\r\n".
> "To:sonnich@--hot.ee\r\n".
> "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
> "Content-Type: text/html;\r\n";;
> if (mail('sonnich@--hot.ee', 'Täidetud ankeet', $message,
> $headers))

> My problems:
> the body remains plain text in Outlook Express.
>>From is not visible
> The ä remains as is in the header (should be ä)

> Though my email is there twice, but the mail only once :-)

> What do I dop wrong?

Tried to put html in e-mail. That is wrong. It can be done, but it is a
good thing you don't know how.

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Re: Using mail() for HTML bodies.

On 12/10/2007 in message
<1192224985.050093.163490@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com> jodleren wrote:

>My problems:
>the body remains plain text in Outlook Express.

It gets some things right then :-)

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Indecision is the key to flexibility

Re: Using mail() for HTML bodies.

jodleren wrote:
> Hi fellow
>
> I read about this here, and I need a simple form to post and mail a
> simple table (formatting) in HTML.
> My message is somthing like: >
> I have a header as this.
>
> $headers = "From:".$_POST["v8"]."\r\n".
> "To:sonnich@--hot.ee\r\n".
> "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
> "Content-Type: text/html;\r\n";;
> if (mail('sonnich@--hot.ee', 'Täidetud ankeet', $message,
> $headers))
>
> My problems:
> the body remains plain text in Outlook Express.
>>From is not visible
> The ä remains as is in the header (should be ä)
>
> Though my email is there twice, but the mail only once :-)
>

May I cordially request that the gurus cut the guy some slack.
While I agree that plain text is best, generally, sometimes for
limited distribution html may be best.

For example, suppose that one needs to email a table to a
computer-illiterate boss.... one, known recipient.

I suppose one could build a .pdf and send that, but it would seem
that is overkill for a simple report to the boss.

bill

Re: Using mail() for HTML bodies.

bill wrote:
> jodleren wrote:
>> Hi fellow
>>
>> I read about this here, and I need a simple form to post and mail a
>> simple table (formatting) in HTML.
>> My message is somthing like: >>
>> I have a header as this.
>>
>> $headers = "From:".$_POST["v8"]."\r\n".
>> "To:sonnich@--hot.ee\r\n".
>> "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
>> "Content-Type: text/html;\r\n";;
>> if (mail('sonnich@--hot.ee', 'Täidetud ankeet', $message,
>> $headers))
>>
>> My problems:
>> the body remains plain text in Outlook Express.
>>> From is not visible
>> The ä remains as is in the header (should be ä)
>>
>> Though my email is there twice, but the mail only once :-)
>>
>
> May I cordially request that the gurus cut the guy some slack.
> While I agree that plain text is best, generally, sometimes for limited
> distribution html may be best.
>
> For example, suppose that one needs to email a table to a
> computer-illiterate boss.... one, known recipient.
>
> I suppose one could build a .pdf and send that, but it would seem that
> is overkill for a simple report to the boss.
>
> bill
>

Sorry, I agree with the others. HTML email has too many problems. It
doesn't help to send it to the boss if he can't read it.

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