# Send Email Action and Ignoring variables within the body

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-email-action-and-ignoring-variables-within-the-body/2477
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-email-action-and-ignoring-variables-within-the-body/2477 "2016-04-25T07:37:51Z")
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### Author: ![jerrad.peterson](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@jerrad.peterson](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/jerrad.peterson)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-email-action-and-ignoring-variables-within-the-body/2477/1 "2016-04-25T07:37:51Z")

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I am using the FB8 send email action and inside the body of the email I want to include a URL that has “%text%” in it. FB tries to recognize this a variable although I do not want it to since these %'s are include in the actual URL. The email task fails when it executes as it is saying I don’t have %text% set as a variable.  
  
How can I make it think the URL with the included %'s is just text and not calling out a specific variable? Can I just use quotes or double quotes around the entire URL, or what would you suggest?  
  
Thanks.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/send-email-action-and-ignoring-variables-within-the-body/2477/2 "2016-04-26T01:09:17Z")

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Hi Jerrad   
  
 You need to escape %'s in fields that can expand variables (most fields).   
  
 [http://wiki.finalbuilder.com/display/FB8/Escaping+Variable+References](http://wiki.finalbuilder.com/display/FB8/Escaping+Variable+References)