So in the CF Code, you don't escape the < and >'s. So:
<cfset the_from = the_from & "," & fname & " " & lname & "<" & email & ">"> will get you the string to use in your CFMAIL tag, then when you're displaying it via cfoutput, use: #htmlCodeFormat(the_from)# or, to escape the characters, but don't surround with PREs #htmlEditFormat(the_from)# T On 15 June 2010 15:07, daniel kessler <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Problem's not the concatenation, it's just the browser interprets anything > >between < and > as tags, so they're hidden by design. > > > > > >Once you have your list, try this: > > > > > ><cfoutput>#htmlCodeFormat(the_from)#</cfoutput> > > I tried this and the email message failed anyway. It looked great when I > did the output to a web page, but on checking the source, it instead had: > <PRE>Daniel Kessler<[email protected] <kessler%26lt%[email protected]> > ></PRE> > > Clearly, I want the actual characters instead of the <PRE> and < > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334573 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

