Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails

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I have a simple email (sent by SharePoint) that Entourage is rendering
incorrectly. I have made sure that complex HTML formatting is turned on
in the HTML preferences. All the HTML tags are stripped out and text is
run tigether. This causes links to be mangled by adding the following
word to the link. (Ex: https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXECClick
from the example below.) Below is the html source of the email. Is
there any way to correct this?

<HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>DOMAIN\sampleuser is requesting access to: <a
href =
"https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC">https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC</a><BR/><BR/>Click
one of the following links:<BR/><BR/>- <a href =
"https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC/_layouts/1033/aclinv.aspx?users=DOMAIN%5Csampleuser">Grant
DOMAIN\sampleuser access to the site</a><BR/><BR/>- <a href =
"https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC/_layouts/1033/setrqacc.aspx?type=web">Manage
request access setting for the site</a><BR/><BR/>Message from
DOMAIN\sampleuser :<BR/>I was trying to get into the Executive
section.<BR/><BR/>Note: Do not reply to this message. It is sent from an
unmonitored account.</BODY></HTML>
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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by Paul

Paul
Mon Mar 06 21:32:12 CST 2006

On 3/6/06 11:12 AM, in article uTMySHVQGHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, "Shawn
Kovalchick" <bamapookie@newsgroups.nospam> wrote:

> I have a simple email (sent by SharePoint) that Entourage is rendering
> incorrectly. I have made sure that complex HTML formatting is turned on
> in the HTML preferences. All the HTML tags are stripped out and text is
> run tigether. This causes links to be mangled by adding the following
> word to the link. (Ex: https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXECClick
> from the example below.) Below is the html source of the email. Is
> there any way to correct this?
>
> <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>DOMAIN\sampleuser is requesting access to: <a
> href =
> "https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC">https://sharepoint.company.org/sit
> es/EXEC</a><BR/><BR/>Click
> one of the following links:<BR/><BR/>- <a href =
> "https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC/_layouts/1033/aclinv.aspx?users=DOM
> AIN%5Csampleuser">Grant
> DOMAIN\sampleuser access to the site</a><BR/><BR/>- <a href =
> "https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC/_layouts/1033/setrqacc.aspx?type=we
> b">Manage
> request access setting for the site</a><BR/><BR/>Message from
> DOMAIN\sampleuser :<BR/>I was trying to get into the Executive
> section.<BR/><BR/>Note: Do not reply to this message. It is sent from an
> unmonitored account.</BODY></HTML>

All those <BR/> tags should be simply <BR> .

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by Brian

Brian
Tue Mar 07 01:54:33 CST 2006

On 7/3/06 03:32, in article C0323EBC.C685F%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com, "Paul
Berkowitz" <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com> wrote:

> On 3/6/06 11:12 AM, in article uTMySHVQGHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl, "Shawn
> Kovalchick" <bamapookie@newsgroups.nospam> wrote:
>
>> I have a simple email (sent by SharePoint) that Entourage is rendering
>> incorrectly. I have made sure that complex HTML formatting is turned on
>> in the HTML preferences. All the HTML tags are stripped out and text is
>> run tigether. This causes links to be mangled by adding the following
>> word to the link. (Ex: https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXECClick
>> from the example below.) Below is the html source of the email. Is
>> there any way to correct this?
>>
>> <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>DOMAIN\sampleuser is requesting access to: <a
>> href =
>>
"https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC">https://sharepoint.company.org/si>>
t
>> es/EXEC</a><BR/><BR/>Click
>> one of the following links:<BR/><BR/>- <a href =
>>
"https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC/_layouts/1033/aclinv.aspx?users=DO>>
M
>> AIN%5Csampleuser">Grant
>> DOMAIN\sampleuser access to the site</a><BR/><BR/>- <a href =
>>
"https://sharepoint.company.org/sites/EXEC/_layouts/1033/setrqacc.aspx?type=w>>
e
>> b">Manage
>> request access setting for the site</a><BR/><BR/>Message from
>> DOMAIN\sampleuser :<BR/>I was trying to get into the Executive
>> section.<BR/><BR/>Note: Do not reply to this message. It is sent from an
>> unmonitored account.</BODY></HTML>
>
> All those <BR/> tags should be simply <BR> .

Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.

Brian

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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by Michel

Michel
Tue Mar 07 03:34:26 CST 2006

On 07.03.06 7:54, in article C032ECB9.1D21%brian.smithson@btinternet.com,
"Brian Smithson" <brian.smithson@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.
>
> Brian
>

Forgive me for being pedantic, but in valid XHTML, tags should never be in
capital letters. The correct XHTML tag would be <br />.

Michel

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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by Brian

Brian
Tue Mar 07 03:53:13 CST 2006

On 7/3/06 09:34, in article C0330422.12DEB%m_bintener@hotmail.com, "Michel
Bintener" <m_bintener@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 07.03.06 7:54, in article C032ECB9.1D21%brian.smithson@btinternet.com,
> "Brian Smithson" <brian.smithson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
> Forgive me for being pedantic, but in valid XHTML, tags should never be in
> capital letters. The correct XHTML tag would be <br />.
>
> Michel
>
Pedants unite! :-)

Actually, Michel, you are quite right. I was going to use the lower case,
but decided to use upper to match the previous post.

Brian

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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by Shawn

Shawn
Thu Mar 09 10:47:02 CST 2006

Brian Smithson wrote:
> On 7/3/06 09:34, in article C0330422.12DEB%m_bintener@hotmail.com, "Michel
> Bintener" <m_bintener@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On 07.03.06 7:54, in article C032ECB9.1D21%brian.smithson@btinternet.com,
>>"Brian Smithson" <brian.smithson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>
>>Forgive me for being pedantic, but in valid XHTML, tags should never be in
>>capital letters. The correct XHTML tag would be <br />.
>>
>>Michel
>>
>
> Pedants unite! :-)
>
> Actually, Michel, you are quite right. I was going to use the lower case,
> but decided to use upper to match the previous post.
>
> Brian
>
It's nice that the tags should be <br /> instead of <BR/>, but that
doesn't answer my question. Is there something that can be done to make
the emails render properly? I can't change the email, since it is
automatically generated by SharePoint, and all browsers seem to be able
to render it appropriately.
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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by mmmmark

mmmmark
Thu Mar 09 10:57:33 CST 2006


"Shawn Kovalchick" <bamapookie@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:OiSx8j5QGHA.5296@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Brian Smithson wrote:
>> On 7/3/06 09:34, in article C0330422.12DEB%m_bintener@hotmail.com,
>> "Michel
>> Bintener" <m_bintener@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On 07.03.06 7:54, in article C032ECB9.1D21%brian.smithson@btinternet.com,
>>>"Brian Smithson" <brian.smithson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.
>>>>
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>
>>>Forgive me for being pedantic, but in valid XHTML, tags should never be
>>>in
>>>capital letters. The correct XHTML tag would be <br />.
>>>
>>>Michel
>>>
>>
>> Pedants unite! :-) Actually, Michel, you are quite right. I was going to
>> use the lower case,
>> but decided to use upper to match the previous post.
>>
>> Brian
>>
> It's nice that the tags should be <br /> instead of <BR/>, but that
> doesn't answer my question. Is there something that can be done to make
> the emails render properly? I can't change the email, since it is
> automatically generated by SharePoint, and all browsers seem to be able to
> render it appropriately.

There is a script somewhere in this newsgroup (try a search or wait for
someone to post it again) that will open an html email in your browser of
choice, thereby rendering it as intended.

-Mark


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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by Shawn

Shawn
Thu Mar 09 13:06:31 CST 2006

mmmmark wrote:
> "Shawn Kovalchick" <bamapookie@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:OiSx8j5QGHA.5296@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>>Brian Smithson wrote:
>>
>>>On 7/3/06 09:34, in article C0330422.12DEB%m_bintener@hotmail.com,
>>>"Michel
>>>Bintener" <m_bintener@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On 07.03.06 7:54, in article C032ECB9.1D21%brian.smithson@btinternet.com,
>>>>"Brian Smithson" <brian.smithson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.
>>>>>
>>>>>Brian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Forgive me for being pedantic, but in valid XHTML, tags should never be
>>>>in
>>>>capital letters. The correct XHTML tag would be <br />.
>>>>
>>>>Michel
>>>>
>>>
>>>Pedants unite! :-) Actually, Michel, you are quite right. I was going to
>>>use the lower case,
>>>but decided to use upper to match the previous post.
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>
>>It's nice that the tags should be <br /> instead of <BR/>, but that
>>doesn't answer my question. Is there something that can be done to make
>>the emails render properly? I can't change the email, since it is
>>automatically generated by SharePoint, and all browsers seem to be able to
>>render it appropriately.
>
>
> There is a script somewhere in this newsgroup (try a search or wait for
> someone to post it again) that will open an html email in your browser of
> choice, thereby rendering it as intended.
>
> -Mark
>
>
Thanks Mark. I found it.
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Re: Entourage incorrectly rendering HTML in emails by mmmmark

mmmmark
Thu Mar 09 13:57:04 CST 2006


"Shawn Kovalchick" <bamapookie@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:%23DLj5x6QGHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> mmmmark wrote:
>> "Shawn Kovalchick" <bamapookie@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:OiSx8j5QGHA.5296@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Brian Smithson wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 7/3/06 09:34, in article C0330422.12DEB%m_bintener@hotmail.com,
>>>>"Michel
>>>>Bintener" <m_bintener@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 07.03.06 7:54, in article
>>>>>C032ECB9.1D21%brian.smithson@btinternet.com,
>>>>>"Brian Smithson" <brian.smithson@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Actually Paul, in XHTML the tag should be <BR />. Note the space.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Forgive me for being pedantic, but in valid XHTML, tags should never be
>>>>>in
>>>>>capital letters. The correct XHTML tag would be <br />.
>>>>>
>>>>>Michel
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Pedants unite! :-) Actually, Michel, you are quite right. I was going to
>>>>use the lower case,
>>>>but decided to use upper to match the previous post.
>>>>
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>
>>>It's nice that the tags should be <br /> instead of <BR/>, but that
>>>doesn't answer my question. Is there something that can be done to make
>>>the emails render properly? I can't change the email, since it is
>>>automatically generated by SharePoint, and all browsers seem to be able
>>>to render it appropriately.
>>
>>
>> There is a script somewhere in this newsgroup (try a search or wait for
>> someone to post it again) that will open an html email in your browser of
>> choice, thereby rendering it as intended.
>>
>> -Mark
> Thanks Mark. I found it.

No problemo. Post back and let us know how it works for you.

-Mark


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