Automated mail generates unwanted backslashes

I have script that generates e-mails, along the lines of:

$message="this is the message I want to send";

However, the e-mail that arrives is, for example:

'this is the message I /want to send'

I have tried using str_replace & stripslashes without success.

I should note that the actual message is in Japanese (multi-byte characters) & the blip seems to arise only with very specific character combinations.

Thanks in advance,

Letmos

Please ignore this; I did something too boneheaded to contemplate.

You should share you "bonehead" mistake so that others may avoid the same mistake. :thumbsup: