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2862265 - E-mail texts will not be transmitted completely due to special characters in the email text.

Symptom

When saving an e-mail from Outlook to Cloud for Customer using the server-side integration the e-mail texts will not be transmitted completely due to special characters "<" and ">" in the e-mail text.

The same is true for images sent in the message text.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Activities Work Center.
  2. Go to the E-Mails View.
  3. Open the e-mail in question.
  4. In tab Overview scroll down to Message.
  5. Compare to the e-mail from Outlook.
  6. Text within "<" and ">" from the Outlook e-mail are missing in the system.

Cause

This is as per system design. Anything within the brackets "<" and ">" will be removed.

Images will not be shown in the Message tab of an E-Mail.

Resolution

To see the actual content for such e-mails you can view the e-mail in the E-Mail Viewer tab.

See Also

KBA 2785866 - E-mail Viewer Tab Is Not Visible

Keywords

special characters; e-mail; E-Mail Viewer; server-side integration; Outlook, Email viewer , KBA , image , LOD-CRM-GW-SRV , Server side groupware intergration , LOD-CRM-ACT , Activities , How To

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions