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Emails contain gibberish

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wolfendenp
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When receiving status updates from various ebay sellers I often get emails that contain complete gibberish, an example of this is below:

Your order has been delivered.cta-hide { display: none !important; } .st-hidden{ max-height: 0px; font-size: 0; display: none; } .show_div{ display:none; } .show_divcont{ display:none; } .button-on-mobile{ display:none; } .ExternalClass{ width:100%; } .ExternalClass, .ExternalClass p, .ExternalClass span, .ExternalClass font, .ExternalClass td, .ExternalClass div { line-height:100%; } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .devicewidthinner{ width:100% !important; height:auto !important; min-width:100% !important; text-align: center !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .hide { display: none!important; width: 0px!important; height: 0px!important; visibility: hidden!important; overflow: hidden!important; font-size: 0px!important; line-height: 0px!important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .tb_social_tr{ line-height:9px; } }

This goes on for many more lines. What is the problem and can it be solved?

When receiving status updates from various ebay sellers I often get emails that contain complete gibberish, an example of this is below: Your order has been delivered.cta-hide { display: none !important; } .st-hidden{ max-height: 0px; font-size: 0; display: none; } .show_div{ display:none; } .show_divcont{ display:none; } .button-on-mobile{ display:none; } .ExternalClass{ width:100%; } .ExternalClass, .ExternalClass p, .ExternalClass span, .ExternalClass font, .ExternalClass td, .ExternalClass div { line-height:100%; } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .devicewidthinner{ width:100% !important; height:auto !important; min-width:100% !important; text-align: center !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .hide { display: none!important; width: 0px!important; height: 0px!important; visibility: hidden!important; overflow: hidden!important; font-size: 0px!important; line-height: 0px!important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .tb_social_tr{ line-height:9px; } } This goes on for many more lines. What is the problem and can it be solved?

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david
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If this only happens with some senders, then it's just malformed email. If it happens all the time, then it's something else. You can probably read it okay by setting View>message body as>plain text