update

backend/app/main.py

@@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ async def download_sequences(file_id: str = Query(...), db: Session = Depends(ge
             contacts[contact_key]['bodies'][seq.email_number] = seq.email_content
         
         # Create CSV in memory
+        # Use QUOTE_MINIMAL to properly quote fields with newlines for Smartlead
         output = io.StringIO()
-        writer = csv.writer(output)
+        writer = csv.writer(output, quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
         
         # Write header with all subject/body columns
         header = ['First Name', 'Last Name', 'Email', 'Company', 'Title', 'Product']
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ async def download_sequences(file_id: str = Query(...), db: Session = Depends(ge
         writer.writerow(header)
         
         # Write rows (one row per contact with all subjects/bodies)
+        # Preserve newlines in email bodies for proper formatting in Smartlead
         for contact in contacts.values():
             row = [
                 contact['first_name'],
@@ -264,8 +266,19 @@ async def download_sequences(file_id: str = Query(...), db: Session = Depends(ge
                 contact['product']
             ]
             for i in range(1, 11):
-                row.append(contact['subjects'].get(i, ''))
-                row.append(contact['bodies'].get(i, '').replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', ''))
+                subject = contact['subjects'].get(i, '') or ''
+                body = contact['bodies'].get(i, '') or ''
+                
+                # Convert newlines to HTML <br> tags for Smartlead to properly render line breaks
+                # Smartlead's rich text editor expects HTML formatting
+                if body:
+                    # Replace newlines with <br> tags for HTML rendering in Smartlead
+                    body_html = body.replace('\n', '<br>').replace('\r', '')
+                else:
+                    body_html = ''
+                
+                row.append(subject)
+                row.append(body_html)
             writer.writerow(row)
         
         output.seek(0)