my $msg_body_1 = 'line 1\nline 2\nline3a\t\line3b\nline4\n\n';
my $msg_body_2 = '\n\nline 5\nline 6\nline7a\t\line8b\nline8\n\n';
my $other_crap = 'blah blah blah';

print $msg_body_1 $other_crap $msg_body_2;