CR/LF are not recognized for text/plain notifications. Not to mention the WebUI strips any CR/LF you add.

Here is the output of what the Notifd.log and my notification definition looks like. It worked without issues on 1.6.8

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1. Notifd.log
   #
   2010-08-16 14:04:51,377 DEBUG [Thread-578] JavaMailer:
   To: xxxx@xxxx.xxx
   From: xxxx@xxxx.xxx
   Subject is: RESOLVED: Notice #10: DNS down on mynode.mydomain (10.0.1.103) on node mynode.mydomain.
   File: no file attached

RESOLVED: The DNS service poll on interface mynode.mydomain (10.0.1.103) on node mynode.mydomain failed at Monday, August 16, 2010 1:54:19 PM MST. ------------ | Extra Info | ------------ Notification Time: Monday, August 16, 2010 1:54:19 PM MST Notification URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/notification/detail.jsp?notice=10 Event URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/event/detail.jsp?id=3063 Node Detail URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/element/node.jsp?node=13 All Alarms URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/alarm/list.htm?filter=node=13 All Outages URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/outage/list.htm?filter=node=13 Possible Services Affected: DNS

#

1. Notifications.xml
   #
   <notification name="nodeLostService" status="on">
   <uei>uei.opennms.org/nodes/nodeLostService</uei>
   <rule>IPADDR != '0.0.0.0'</rule>
   <destinationPath>Email-Admin</destinationPath>
   <text-message>The %service% service poll on interface %interfaceresolve% (%interface%) &#xd;
   on node %nodelabel% failed at %time%. &#xd;
   &#xd;
   ------------&#xd;
   | Extra Info |&#xd;
   ------------&#xd;
   Notification Time: %time%&#xd;
   Notification URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/notification/detail.jsp?notice=%noticeid%&#xd;
   Event URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/event/detail.jsp?id=%eventid%&#xd;
   Node Detail URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/element/node.jsp?node=%nodeid%&#xd;
   All Alarms URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/alarm/list.htm?filter=node=%nodeid%&#xd;
   All Outages URL: http://10.0.6.7:8980/opennms/outage/list.htm?filter=node=%nodeid%&#xd;
   Possible Services Affected: %service%</text-message>
   <subject>Notice #%noticeid%: %service% down on %interfaceresolve% (%interface%) on node %nodelabel%.</subject>
   <numeric-message>111-%noticeid%</numeric-message>
   </notification>