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>Jeeze, this post really brings out the heavyweights :-)
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>In this case HTML is, for various reasons, not an option.
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>I found, that if I send plain text via an SMTP Client and view the message in Outlook, it's formatted, font and all, exactly as it was sent.
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>How come?
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>Unfortunately this is not an option, because we have to have a copy of the message in Outlooks Sent folder, and I have not found a SMTP Client that will do that.
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>Is it possible to force Outlook to send via SMTP? Any other suggestions?

I don't think that matters. Outlook will send with whatever is configured. The message formatting is separate from that. You may actually have issues on the client that is INTERPRETING the message differently than Outlook sent it.

I never use Outlook for any sort of generic application to send email precisely because you never know exactly what Outlook does with message formats. That and the security configuration issues...

For end user apps SMTP just gives you more reliable control even if it requires proper setup.

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