--- C:/wtmp/cp_20100828-1600/sites/all/modules/privatemsg/pm_email_notify/pm_email_notify.module	Thu Aug 12 17:10:23 2010
+++ C:/Workspace/cbd/projects/climbingpartner/trunk/sites/all/modules/privatemsg/pm_email_notify/pm_email_notify.module	Wed Sep 29 12:54:47 2010
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@
   $tokens = array(
     '!author' => $message['author']->name,
     '!pm_subject' => trim(drupal_html_to_text(check_plain($message['subject']))),
-    '!pm_body' => trim(drupal_html_to_text(check_markup($message['body'], $message['format'], FALSE))),
+    '!pm_body' => 
+      $message['pm_email_notify_send_as_html'] // set this flag as follows: privatemsg_new_thread( , , , array('pm_email_notify_send_as_html' => TRUE))
+      ? trim(check_markup($message['body'], $message['format'], FALSE))
+      : trim(drupal_html_to_text(check_markup($message['body'], $message['format'], FALSE))),
     '!thread' => $message['thread_id'],
     '!user_uid' => $recipient->uid,
     '!message' => url('messages/view/' . $message['thread_id'], array('absolute' => TRUE, 'language' => $language)),