Mail script HTML (Outlook Express) problem

[Swedie]

Hey

I have a script that is multipart/alternative so that if the user does not have HTML support for reading the email, it will show a plain text version. this works in the different email readers I've had, but not with Outlook Express.

Does anyone here know why this happen?

[planetsim]

I think this is more of an Outlook Express issue. But im not sure on how to fix it..

[The_Chancer]

Is this a mail script you have written ?

Doesn't sound like a full OE problem if it displays in other E-Mail clients.

Have a look at the full message including headers for your alternative mail and compare that to an alternative one that does display in OE.

Are your parts in the right order, HTML first with plain second ?
Are the borders correct ? Some clients are more strict on this than others...

Hope that points you in the right direction.

[Swedie]

This is my script. What is wrong? I don't get it.

// $headers .= "From: [e-mail]\n";
$headers .= "From: NCERx Newsletter <[e-mail]>\r\n";
$headers .= "nX-Sender: <[e-mail]>\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";

//tell e-mail client this e-mail contains//alternate versions
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative" .
"; boundary = $boundary\r\n\r\n";

//message to people with clients who don't
//understand MIME
$headers .= "$message.\r\n\r\n";

//HTML version of message
$headers .= "--$boundary\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";
$headers .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$message"));

//plain text version of message
$headers .= "--$boundary\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n";
$headers .= chunk_split(base64_encode("$nohtmltext"));

// $headers .= "<[e-mail]>\n";
// $headers .= "Content-type: text/html\n";

$to = "[e-mail]";

SendMail($to,$subject,"",$headers);

[Swedie]

this is what shows in OE

MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary = NCERx

Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:33:58 -0700 (PDT)

An example of the code I used to create the links to the articles from the Table of Contents:
TOC: <p><a href="#cancer">Advances in Breast Cancer Gene Research</a></p>
Article: <p><strong>Advances in Breast Cancer Gene Research</strong><a name="cancer"></a></p>

For the links going to outside sites, this is an example of the code that was used:
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.about-breast-cancer.com">About Breast Cancer</a> for more information about the disease.<br>.

--NCERx
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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--NCERx
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hYm91dC1icmVhc3QtY2FuY2VyLmNvbQ0KZGZzZGZhcw0KZGYgDQpmIHMNCmRm
ZmQ=

[Swedie]

anyone?

It seem like OE is not able to read the headers and after that decide what to do... cuz it takes the whole source crap and reads it in HTML format no matter what...