Hi there, I don't mean to pester you guys with these questions, I usually try to figure this stuff out myself, but this one has me stumped. I'm making an automated email system for communicating with customers, and have got the mail() function working well. And, I'd like to store the contents, subjects for different types of email in a MySQL database. Here's my problem: [code]mail("Line1\nLine2\nLine3");[/code] will send this email: Line1 Line2 Line3 Now, say I store 'Line1\nLine2\nLine3' as a TEXT, and then do something like this (assuming, of course, that I've pulled what I need to into $row...) [code]mail($row[3]);[/code] This is what arrives in my mailbox Line1\nLine2\nLine3 I am also having the same problem with variables. I can not figure out how to store something like this (stored in MySQL as TEXT) 'Hi, $first_name, thanks...' and then have it be of any use to me without str_replace(). I'm guessing I need something of a reverse escape string function, or something that will tell PHP to re-parse the string. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks! Rob Edit: I just realized the syntax for mail() all wrong... but hopefully you guys get the idea... thanks again!