Tab ( \t ) in URL is not working correctly in Outlook Express

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There is a function which send an email via default email client. In body of email message, there are few tabs between words. But, when I send this message to default email client(Outlook Express 6.0), these tabs are not present.

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JavaScript

function SendMail() {
        try {
             var mailAddress = 'test@gmail.com';
             var mailSubject = 'Mail Subject';
         var mailBody = 'Text   goes    here';
         location.href = 'mailto:' + encodeURIComponent(mailAddress) +
                '?subject=' + encodeURIComponent(mailSubject) +
                '&body=' + encodeURIComponent(mailBody);
            }
            catch (err) { alert(err);} 
        }

Test Output: Text goes here But, there should be tab instead of space between words. Anybody, help me what's wrong with this ?

Posted 28-Jun-13 2:23am

Itz.Irshad

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Matt T Heffron 28-Jun-13 13:43pm

Have you verified what is actually SENT to the email client here?
(I.e., what is the result of encodeURIComponent(mailBody) ?)
Are the Tab characters encoded?
If so, it seems that the issue is with the client's processing of the tabs when it gets the email body.

Itz.Irshad 1-Jul-13 7:07am

I've tested, tabs characters are encoded correctly, but it is displayed on client program then empty spaces are eliminated.

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Ron Beyer · Answer 1 · 2013-06-28T03:05:00

Solution 1

Its probably displaying as HTML in the viewer. That means that tabs and multiple spaces are ignored. In order to get around this, try surrounding your body with <pre> and </pre> tags, like:

var mailBody = '<pre>Text goes here</pre>';

Posted 28-Jun-13 3:05am

Ron Beyer

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Itz.Irshad 28-Jun-13 9:23am

Its not working. You can check it http://jsfiddle.net/irshad_mughal/5Zrqj/

bbirajdar · Answer 2 · 2013-06-28T04:19:00

Solution 2

Multiple spaces are neglected while rendering HTML. Instead use

HTML

, <p></p>

or any other HTML construct

Posted 28-Jun-13 4:19am

bbirajdar

bbirajdar · Answer 3 · 2013-06-28T04:19:00

Solution 3

Multiple spaces are neglected while rendering HTML. Instead use

HTML

, <p> ,   </p>

or any other HTML construct

Posted 28-Jun-13 4:19am

bbirajdar