Problem with HTML slightly garbled sending email as web archive

I'm experiencing a problem with HTML code being slightly messed up when
sending a subscription via email in web archive format.
The report displays fine in the Report Manager. However, went emailed some
whitespace is seemingly randomly added to the HTML page. Depending on where
that whitespace is, this might not be a problem. But if the whitespace is
inserted in some places within an HTML tag, then the tag isn't rendered
properly.
Example: a space is added following the "<" in "</DIV>", thus giving "<
/DIV>". Since this is invalid HTML, it displays as text in the report.
Example: a cell in a table is defined as right-aligned and in a specific
font. All 25 rows in the table (x 3 columns = 75 cells) all display
correctly:
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><FONT
face="Eras Medium ITC" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Eras
Medium ITC'">
*EXCEPT* one cell, where the following HTML is used:
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
Why did RS render this cell differently?This might be an issue with the local SMTP. Are you using the pickup
directory to send email?
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Columbia Kai" <Columbia Kai@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0190874-9273-4F1C-9BD1-CF0CEB79616D@.microsoft.com...
> I'm experiencing a problem with HTML code being slightly messed up when
> sending a subscription via email in web archive format.
> The report displays fine in the Report Manager. However, went emailed
> some
> whitespace is seemingly randomly added to the HTML page. Depending on
> where
> that whitespace is, this might not be a problem. But if the whitespace is
> inserted in some places within an HTML tag, then the tag isn't rendered
> properly.
> Example: a space is added following the "<" in "</DIV>", thus giving "<
> /DIV>". Since this is invalid HTML, it displays as text in the report.
> Example: a cell in a table is defined as right-aligned and in a specific
> font. All 25 rows in the table (x 3 columns = 75 cells) all display
> correctly:
> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><FONT
> face="Eras Medium ITC" color=black size=2><SPAN
> style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Eras
> Medium ITC'">
> *EXCEPT* one cell, where the following HTML is used:
> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
> style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
> Why did RS render this cell differently?|||Thanks for your reply, Daniel.
I've tried this with two SMTP mail servers, both with the same result. I
changed the definition via the RSReportServer.config file.
Neither SMTP server is on my local machine.
One resides on a Win2003 box and is a MS mail server; the other resides on a
Win2000 Server box and is a product called Merak Mail Server. Ultimately
they send via the Columbia University mail server, which is sendmail, I
believe.
(I'm not a systems guy so sorry if my answers aren't dead-on what you asked
for.)
Please also see my comments on another post title "Web archive subrsciption
gets messed up" (note misspelling of 'subscription'). I ran into an
identical problem like this when sending email from an Oracle PL/SQL program.
The resolution is to intersprese CRLF into the msg at least every 990 bytes.
Thanks Daniel. This is the one problem that's keeping me from implementing
RS and beginning to retire Crystal Enterprise.
"Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
> This might be an issue with the local SMTP. Are you using the pickup
> directory to send email?
> --
> -Daniel
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Columbia Kai" <Columbia Kai@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A0190874-9273-4F1C-9BD1-CF0CEB79616D@.microsoft.com...
> > I'm experiencing a problem with HTML code being slightly messed up when
> > sending a subscription via email in web archive format.
> >
> > The report displays fine in the Report Manager. However, went emailed
> > some
> > whitespace is seemingly randomly added to the HTML page. Depending on
> > where
> > that whitespace is, this might not be a problem. But if the whitespace is
> > inserted in some places within an HTML tag, then the tag isn't rendered
> > properly.
> >
> > Example: a space is added following the "<" in "</DIV>", thus giving "<
> > /DIV>". Since this is invalid HTML, it displays as text in the report.
> >
> > Example: a cell in a table is defined as right-aligned and in a specific
> > font. All 25 rows in the table (x 3 columns = 75 cells) all display
> > correctly:
> > <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><FONT
> > face="Eras Medium ITC" color=black size=2><SPAN
> > style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Eras
> > Medium ITC'">
> > *EXCEPT* one cell, where the following HTML is used:
> > <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
> > style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
> > Why did RS render this cell differently?
>
>|||I haven't done this yet but what was suggested to me (I too am having
problems and am using an external smtp server too) was to use Windows 2003
smtp service and have it forward/route (not sure the term) to the external
smtp server. The Windows 2003 smtp server is configured to be looking at a
directory and forwarding things on from there. Then you have your report
saved to the pickup directory. Note that I haven't done this so I am a
little vague on how it all works.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Columbia Kai" <ColumbiaKai@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8995F878-CB68-4766-BB00-654D7580BAF1@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply, Daniel.
> I've tried this with two SMTP mail servers, both with the same result. I
> changed the definition via the RSReportServer.config file.
> Neither SMTP server is on my local machine.
> One resides on a Win2003 box and is a MS mail server; the other resides on
> a
> Win2000 Server box and is a product called Merak Mail Server. Ultimately
> they send via the Columbia University mail server, which is sendmail, I
> believe.
> (I'm not a systems guy so sorry if my answers aren't dead-on what you
> asked
> for.)
> Please also see my comments on another post title "Web archive
> subrsciption
> gets messed up" (note misspelling of 'subscription'). I ran into an
> identical problem like this when sending email from an Oracle PL/SQL
> program.
> The resolution is to intersprese CRLF into the msg at least every 990
> bytes.
> Thanks Daniel. This is the one problem that's keeping me from
> implementing
> RS and beginning to retire Crystal Enterprise.
>
> "Daniel Reib [MSFT]" wrote:
>> This might be an issue with the local SMTP. Are you using the pickup
>> directory to send email?
>> --
>> -Daniel
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Columbia Kai" <Columbia Kai@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A0190874-9273-4F1C-9BD1-CF0CEB79616D@.microsoft.com...
>> > I'm experiencing a problem with HTML code being slightly messed up when
>> > sending a subscription via email in web archive format.
>> >
>> > The report displays fine in the Report Manager. However, went emailed
>> > some
>> > whitespace is seemingly randomly added to the HTML page. Depending on
>> > where
>> > that whitespace is, this might not be a problem. But if the whitespace
>> > is
>> > inserted in some places within an HTML tag, then the tag isn't rendered
>> > properly.
>> >
>> > Example: a space is added following the "<" in "</DIV>", thus giving "<
>> > /DIV>". Since this is invalid HTML, it displays as text in the report.
>> >
>> > Example: a cell in a table is defined as right-aligned and in a
>> > specific
>> > font. All 25 rows in the table (x 3 columns = 75 cells) all display
>> > correctly:
>> > <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><FONT
>> > face="Eras Medium ITC" color=black size=2><SPAN
>> > style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
>> > 'Eras
>> > Medium ITC'">
>> > *EXCEPT* one cell, where the following HTML is used:
>> > <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
>> > style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
>> > Why did RS render this cell differently?
>>sql