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Oct 23, 2022 01:37 AM
I have the following forumla
Email address: " & Email & " blah blah blah.
If ends up looking correct in the forumlas field
However when I grab that field and use it in an automation, it adds a \ to the start of the email. I feel like this is a tricky markdown thing, but can’t figure out how to ignore it. In truth I am actually happy for the email to not show up as a link.
Any ideas?
Oct 23, 2022 10:59 AM
I don’t understand your “formula”. This is actually what you’ve put inside the Message field in the Automation setup, right? I don’t understand what the ampersands are supposed to do. It’s NOT a formula, actually, so you don’t need to use ampersands, etc.
Here’s what I did as a test.
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Which when triggered sends an email to me that looks like this:
I got rid of the ampersands. I used the + button in the Message field to insert an email address.
Oct 23, 2022 10:44 PM
I have a formula field that collates together information from my base into Markdown so I can push it, via an automation, into an email scheduler. So the formula looks like:
"Hello " & {First Name} & “,
” &“This is an email reminder to check that your details in our membership database are correct. If you see anything below, which you believe is incorrect, please reply to this email.
” & "Member name: " & {Name} & "
Mobile Phone: " & {Phone} & "
Email address: " & Email…
The problem is, when the email address is spat out at the other end, it looks like the output above:
Email: \name@gmail.com
Oct 31, 2022 05:04 AM
Nobody? Noooooobody can help me?!
Oct 31, 2022 06:07 AM
It may be that people feel there isn’t enough data to explain what you are seeing.
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?Somehow that stray character is being added. However, without seeing the entire data chain, and knowing that it is “fresh”, it is hard to diagnose.