# = sign at end of plain text sent by mailer

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sign-at-end-of-plain-text-sent-by-mailer/191968>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 21, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sign-at-end-of-plain-text-sent-by-mailer/191968 "2010-07-21T13:58:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![himdel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@himdel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/himdel)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sign-at-end-of-plain-text-sent-by-mailer/191968/1 "2010-07-21T13:58:42Z")

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Rails v2.3.8; Ruby v1.8.7  
When sending a plain text email using ActionMailer, the email contains  
= signs at the end of long lines.

This is a problem as I’m including a link which is bound to break over  
more than one line and so the user will not be able to cut and past it  
into a browser.

Can anybody tell me how to stop this behaviour please?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![himdel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@himdel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/himdel)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sign-at-end-of-plain-text-sent-by-mailer/191968/2 "2010-07-21T17:41:45Z")

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> Rails v2.3.8; Ruby v1.8.7  
> When sending a plain text email using ActionMailer, the email contains  
> = signs at the end of long lines.
> 
> This is a problem as I’m including a link which is bound to break over  
> more than one line and so the user will not be able to cut and past it  
> into a browser.
> 
> Can anybody tell me how to stop this behaviour please?

Do you see the = when you view the email? I believe most clients handle  
it, strip it out, and merge the two lines…

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**Author:** ![himdel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@himdel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/himdel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sign-at-end-of-plain-text-sent-by-mailer/191968/3 "2010-07-22T10:07:03Z")

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I was looking at the emails using MockSMTP; sending them to a ‘proper’  
email client suggests that you are correct.  
That’ll teach me!

Thanks for replying.