Question : How do I force database mail in SQL Server 2005 to send e-mail in plain text instead of encoding it in base64?

We're using database mail (sp_send_dbmail) in SQL 2005 (64-bit) to e-mail a dataset to a customer.

The procedure works perfectly with the major exception that the generated e-mail is encoded in base64.   (To reproduce, use sp_send_dbmail to e-mail the query results to a Gmail account and select "show original").  You'll clearly see that the Content-Transfer-Encoding is base64.

Is there any way to force database mail to encode the e-mail in plain text instead?

Thanks - Matt

Answer : How do I force database mail in SQL Server 2005 to send e-mail in plain text instead of encoding it in base64?

It "may" have something to do w/ it....