help with mail() function

Is it possible in the body of the e-mail to get every carriage return and indention that the client types in. In other words if he adds lines like below how can I get them to stay in the format that they where typed in. This is all done using a form Text Area field This is the start of the e-mail message This is the second line of the message this is the third line of the message I don't what it to end up on the other end with it looking like this This is the start of the e-mail message This is the second line of the message this is the third line of the message -- Best regards, rdkurth mailto:rdkurth@starband.net