[WEB4LIB] Coding formfeeds in email with Javascript

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Araby Greene wrote:

> I am working on a JavaScript web form (for IE 4 or 5) that can be used to
> compose a short e-mail notification for Interlibrary Loan. However, the
> "\r\n" which is properly plain-text encoded as "%0D%0A" by the script is
> ignored or discarded when the message is inserted into a new mail form in
> Outlook Express or Outlook, so that the body of the message is one wrapped
> line. I've tried many things, and looked at many other scripts that use the
> same code, but have the same (unmentioned) problem. Has anyone else worked
> on a script where you had to figure this out?
> 
> A copy of the working file is at
> http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/forms/illnotice.html

Sorry, that URL is not there!

Also, your subject lines mentions formfeeds, but your message talks about
RETURNS and LINEFEEDS.

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