SQLServer2000 Xp_sendmail Message Larger Than 8000 Chars

Books Online gives a way to send a message larger than the VARCHAR max of 8000 chars, but the @query argument to xp_sendmail is a simple text string and my data is much more complex, and formatted. Also BOL shows an example using a temporary text file, but it is not clear precisely how you write your insert statements. I tried the following, which writes out all the data and sends it ok except, after each row, there is about a page of blank spaces. What is wrong with my syntax?

SET LANGUAGE British
GO
DECLARE @msgstr VARCHAR(80)
DECLARE @cmd VARCHAR(80)
DECLARE @PMID INT
DECLARE @forename VARCHAR(30)
CREATE TABLE ##texttab (c1 text)
SET @msgstr = 'THE FOLLOWING QUOTES ARE CURRENTLY MARKED AS PENDING:'
INSERT ##texttab SELECT @msgstr
DECLARE C2 CURSOR FOR SELECT ProjMgrID FROM surdba.SVY_QUOTES WHERE StatusID=6
OPEN C2
FETCH NEXT FROM C2 INTO @PMID
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
IF @PMID > 1000
SELECT @forename = ISNULL(Forename,' ') FROM surdba.SVY_PERSONNEL_GENERAL WHERE EmployeeID = @PMID
ELSE
SET @forename = ' '
INSERT ##texttab values (RTRIM(@forename))
FETCH NEXT FROM C2 INTO @PMID
END
CLOSE C2
DEALLOCATE C2
INSERT ##texttab values ( ' - This information is autogenerated from the Survey database.')
SET @cmd = 'SELECT c1 FROM ##texttab'
EXEC master.dbo.xp_sendmail @recipients = 'Robin Pearce',
@subject = 'ALL PENDING QUOTES',
@query = @cmd,
@no_header = 'TRUE'
DROP TABLE ##texttab
GO


Would appreciate any help on this one, I do not have time to learn HTML,
thanks
Robin Pearce