Fixing Line Spacing in Review Daemon Emails in Microsoft Outlook

Info & Tags

Article #:
940
Created:
02/26/08
Modified:
04/23/10
Tags:
line endings, outlook, review daemon, unix, windows

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PROBLEM

Why are e-mails from the Perforce Review daemon formatted without carriage returns?


SOLUTION

Microsoft Outlook mail client might concatenate lines using UNIX style line-endings ("\n"). Since the Perforce Review Daemon operates with UNIX-style line-endings, the resulting Review Daemon e-mail can look terrible from a Windows user's perspective.

To disable this feature in Outlook for all plain text items:

  • Open Outlook. 
  • Choose the "Tools | Options..." menu item. This displays the Options window for Outlook.
  • Choose the "Preferences" tab.
  • Click the "E-mail Options" button.
  • Clear the "Remove Extra Line Breaks in Plain Text Messages" checkbox.
  • Click the OK button to close the E-mail Options and save your changes.
  • Click the OK button to close the Options window and save your changes.
Now the Review Daemon e-mails appear formatted correctly in Outlook.