" using the mail() command

When I use the mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers); command I assign the value of $message as follows: $boundary = md5(uniqid(time())); $message = " --$boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit blah --$boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <b>Blah</b><p> --$boundary-- "; I would like to be able to include a " in my message body --- both the HTML and text version --- how can I accomplish this? (I use a " to assign the value of $subject). I have been able to get \" to work --- but \" shows when reading the e-mail, not just the ". Thanks for your help Ron