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Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

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I'm hoping someone can help me....

 

I've set up a flow that works really nicely - where data is submitted from a MS Form, then that same data populated into the body of the email.

The email is then sent to an application, which receives the email and is supposed to populate the fields in the App with the data in the email body.

However - that's not working properly at the moment because the email format needs to be in Plain Text. 

(this integration works fine as i have tested an alternate way, it's the fact that the email body is not sending in Plain text so it's not being received by the App)

The flow is successful every time I test it.

 

I've seen other screenshots where there is an 'Is HTML' field at the bottom of the Send an Email flow but that doesn't appear in mine. Is there another setting somewhere? 

Or is the email plain text by default and therefore the issue is simply up / downstream of this (not that I have any further connections after this one)

 

(I have deleted out the outgoing email address and any other names to protect privacy only).

 

Any help is greatly appreciated (I'm new to this)!

 

Thanks

First 2 connectionsFirst 2 connectionsEmail set upEmail set upNo HTML OptionNo HTML Option

  • VictorIvanidze Profile Picture
    12,536 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    GRAPH API allows you to send plain text emails.

    Use the "Send an HTTP request" action of the "Office 365 Outlook" connector.

  • EdViegas Profile Picture
    436 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    I know this thread is quite old, but it was the first result on Bing for my search "power automate send email plain text".
    Since emails can only be sent in HTML, I thought of using the <pre> HTML tag.
    So just click the </> button and write:

    <pre>your text plain here</pre>

  • smsdavis Profile Picture
    40 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    I agree.  Microsoft seems to be very short-sighted on their ideas these days.  Forcing everyone to use HTML is breaking a lot of things that used to work.  Some IDIOT needs to be fired over that decision.  They obviously are CLUELESS about their customers and what we use the product for.  Did you ever find a way to handle your use case?  I'm still looking.  I don't want to pay for some parser to do one thing and then pay zapier to do one thing and so on.  

  • PowerFox Profile Picture
    29 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    Using plain text is a great way to collect data and have flow do cool stuff with this. The person who authorized the removal of this feature in V2 should be fired, this is just stupid on a whole other level.

  • amandawinton Profile Picture
    10 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    Yes, the second link worked. (MPAIdeas).

     

    Thanks

  • a-ovbord Profile Picture
    on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    Hi @amandawinton,

     

    Can you please try this link: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/idb-p/MPAIdeas and let me know if you an access it?

     

    Thank you,

    Ovidiu

  • amandawinton Profile Picture
    10 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    Yes I am - I am logged in also.Screen Shot 2020-03-24 at 18.37.54.png

  • a-ovbord Profile Picture
    on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    Hi @amandawinton,

     

    The link works for me: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

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    Are you receiving an error?

     

    Thank you,

    Ovidiu

  • amandawinton Profile Picture
    10 on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    HI Ovidiu

     

    The link to submit the idea does not work. Can you please share again

     

    Amanda

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    a-ovbord Profile Picture
    on at
    Re: Send an email settings to use Plain text NOT HTML

    Hi @amandawinton,

     

    For the moment the Send an email (V2) card does not support disabling the HTML code.

    If you would like to see this enabled in the future you could submit this idea here.

     

    Thank you,

    Ovidiu

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