Hey,

I am using the Approval workflow on a document library. Each time I
start the workflow I get a cryptic email. All emails from the workflow
after this one look fine. It's only this one email. Other things,
like alerts, work fine.

I am using Lotus Notes.

The email (I've replaced sensitive text with ********** ):

:
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Subject: RSDFlow started on testdoc1.
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)

<style>
TABLE.mail { border-style:none; border-collapse:collapse; font:8pt
Tahoma; width:100%; }TD.header { background:#F8F8F9; border:1px solid
#E8EAEC; padding:12pt 10px 4pt 10px; }TD.body { padding:12pt 10px 24pt
10px; }TD.footer { border-width:1px; border-style:solid none none
none; border-color:#9CA3AD; padding:4pt 10px 4pt 10px; }A { text-
decoration:none; }DIV.title { font:16pt Verdana; }DIV.headertext
{ margin:5px 0px 0px 0px; }DIV.error { font-weight:bold; }DIV.comment
{ color:#9CA3AD; }SPAN.wfname { font:bold italic; }
</style><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="mail"
DIR="none">
<tr class="header">
<td class="header"><div class="title">
<span class='wfname'>RSDFlow</span> has started on <a href='http://
*************/testdoc1.doc'>testdoc1</a>.
</div><div class="headertext">
Participants are **************
</div><div class="headertext">
Each person will get 2 days
</div></td>
</tr><tr class="body">
<td class="body" valign="top"><div>
Each person will receive a task to approve <a href='http://
****************/testdoc1.doc'>testdoc1</a>. The tasks will be
assigned one at a time in the order shown above.
</div></td>
</tr><tr class="footer">
<td class="footer"><div>
<a href="http://********************/_layouts/WrkStat.aspx?
List={97e94481-4cf8-4d12-998c-
b71046b2df54}&amp;WorkflowInstanceID={6c6f8de7-f5c8-421e-
a618-594433ee89c4}">View the status of this workflow.</a>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

Re: cyptic email getting sent from Approval Workflow by BDB

BDB
Fri May 09 20:17:17 CDT 2008

On May 2, 4:55=A0pm, BDB <brian.bol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am using the Approval workflow on a document library. =A0Each time I
> start the workflow I get a cryptic email. All emails from the workflow
> after this one look fine. =A0 It's only this one email. =A0Other things,
> like alerts, work fine.
>
> I am using Lotus Notes.
>
> The email (I've replaced sensitive text with ********** ):
>
> :
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Dutf-8
> Subject: RSDFlow started on testdoc1.
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> X-Mailer: Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
>
> <style>
> TABLE.mail { border-style:none; border-collapse:collapse; font:8pt
> Tahoma; width:100%; }TD.header { background:#F8F8F9; border:1px solid
> #E8EAEC; padding:12pt 10px 4pt 10px; }TD.body { padding:12pt 10px 24pt
> 10px; }TD.footer { border-width:1px; border-style:solid none none
> none; border-color:#9CA3AD; padding:4pt 10px 4pt 10px; }A { text-
> decoration:none; }DIV.title { font:16pt Verdana; }DIV.headertext
> { margin:5px 0px 0px 0px; }DIV.error { font-weight:bold; }DIV.comment
> { color:#9CA3AD; }SPAN.wfname { font:bold italic; }
> </style><table cellpadding=3D"2" cellspacing=3D"0" class=3D"mail"
> DIR=3D"none">
> <tr class=3D"header">
> <td class=3D"header"><div class=3D"title">
> <span class=3D'wfname'>RSDFlow</span> has started on <a href=3D'http://
> *************/testdoc1.doc'>testdoc1</a>.
> </div><div class=3D"headertext">
> Participants are **************
> </div><div class=3D"headertext">
> Each person will get 2 days
> </div></td>
> </tr><tr class=3D"body">
> <td class=3D"body" valign=3D"top"><div>
> Each person will receive a task to approve <a href=3D'http://
> ****************/testdoc1.doc'>testdoc1</a>. The tasks will be
> assigned one at a time in the order shown above.
> </div></td>
> </tr><tr class=3D"footer">
> <td class=3D"footer"><div>
> <a href=3D"http://********************/_layouts/WrkStat.aspx?
> List=3D{97e94481-4cf8-4d12-998c-
> b71046b2df54}&amp;WorkflowInstanceID=3D{6c6f8de7-f5c8-421e-
> a618-594433ee89c4}">View the status of this workflow.</a>
> </div></td>
> </tr>
> </table>

I determined that sharepoint is sending out this email and it is
corrupted. Outlook can open it fine but other email clients lotus
notes/thunderbird do not render the email correctly. It's just this
one email. Other sharepoint emails are displayed correctly.