--- loncom/interface/lonsyllabus.pm	2009/10/23 16:14:43	1.100
+++ loncom/interface/lonsyllabus.pm	2009/11/26 05:21:43	1.101
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Syllabus
 #
-# $Id: lonsyllabus.pm,v 1.100 2009/10/23 16:14:43 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: lonsyllabus.pm,v 1.101 2009/11/26 05:21:43 faziophi Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -415,7 +415,9 @@ ENDSCRIPT
                         $r->print($message);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    &Apache::lonfeedback::newline_to_br(\$message);
+                    if (!&Apache::lonfeedback::contains_block_html($message)) {
+                    	&Apache::lonfeedback::newline_to_br(\$message);
+                    }
                     $message =~s|(https?\://[^\s]+)|<a href="$1"><tt>$1</tt></a>|g;
                     if ($allowed) {
                         $message=&Apache::lonspeller::markeduptext($message);