Text Emails Aren't

 
From: "Bruce Harper bharper@PROTECTED [Dada Mail Developers]" <dadadev@PROTECTED>
Date: December 15th 2015
Even since I switched over to version 8.4.0 at the beginning of the month, what used to be nicely formatted plain text emails aren't any more. 

Under the old version, a web page set up specifically to produce a properly formatted text-only message sent a message that looked right and worked in most email programs. It was sent via the "Scheduled Mailings" that had an option to send a "PlainText Version" fetched from a URL.

It looked like this:

VIRGINIA TECH NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Friday, October 23, 2015

Blacksburg forecast for Oct 23: Partly Sunny, Hi: 72 degrees F, Low: 47 degrees F

 See ==> http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Blacksburg&state=VA&site=RNK&textField1=37.2327&textField2=-80.4284

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

Tim Wise, author of 'Dear White America,' speaks on campus next month

The teacher and anti-racist advocate comes to Virginia Tech for two days of events that begin with a public keynote presentation Nov. 2.

Read Full Story ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/10/102315-provost-timwise.html

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TAKE NOTE!

Parking and transportation town hall meeting set for Monday

Students, employees, and community members are invited to learn and share feedback about the initiative to develop a new parking and transportation master plan.

See ==> http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/10/101315-vpa-ptmasterplan.html

Virginia Tech in the news –  USA Today: "'Back to the Future' creators foresaw media drones of near-future"

Media organizations interested in using drones have partnered with Virginia Tech for testing.

See ==> http://usat.ly/1W7zeVO

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LATEST NEWS

10.23.2015

Professor works to manage storm water, help save the environment

See ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/10/102315-engineering-waterdymond.html

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and so on. Under the new version, there is still a choice to grab the message from a URL but it doesn't work the same way (neither does "Create a PlainText version automatically"). The system requires that there be _something_ in the HTML section, either a URL or some text in the "use this content" box. Either way, the result is a mess:

VIRGINIA TECH NEWS Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Blacksburg forecast for Dec 15: Mostly Clear, Hi: 59 degrees F, Low: 37 degrees F See ==> http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Blacksburg&state=VA&site=RNK&textField1=37.2327&textField2=-80.4284 ------------------------------ TODAY'S TOP STORY Virginia Tech engineers discover the precise, yet messy secrets of dog lapping Using photography and laboratory simulations, researchers studied how dogs raise fluids into their mouths to drink. They discovered high-speed, precisely timed movements that are surprisingly different from cat movements. Read Full Story ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/121515-engineering-dogresearch.html ------------------------------ TAKE NOTE! Najla Mouchrek pursues Virginia Tech's first individualized Ph.D. See ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/120315-gradschool-individualphd.html Virginia Tech in the news – Associated Press: "Report found 241 near-collisions between pilots, drones" See ==> http://nyti.ms/1QiBiHB ------------------------------ LATEST NEWS 12.15.2015 Class of 2015: Chanel Franklin to live out 'Ut Prosim' after graduation See ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/121515-uged-franklingrad.html 12.15.2015 Countdown to graduation: The basics about 2015 fall commencement ceremonies See ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/121515-president-commencementoverview.html12.15.2015 Virginia Tech Transportation Institute wins $2.5 million contract for trucker safety study See ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/121515-vtti-fmsca.html 12.15.2015 Bacterial battery fuels recovery of valuable commodities from wastewater See ==> http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/121515-ictas-hewastewater.html See More News at http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/index.html

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and so on. There are no line breaks when people view the message. When using the "Message text garbled?" feature in Gmail, the message shows up the way it should, but it is truly plain text with no active links, which defeats the purpose of sending out this email every workday.

I'm not sure what the solution is, but it is frustrating to a lot of users, who would prefer to see plain-text messages.

Bruce in Blacksburg

Bruce B. Harper, Virginia Tech Webmaster

University Relations/Web Communications

101-D Media Building

101 Draper Rd. NW

Blacksburg, VA 24060

540-231-4360


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