Email formatting in PHP

1

i m sending a mail from my php code. the code is as follows:-

**$message = “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa<br><br>”;
$message.= “bbbbbbbbbbbbb<br><br>”;
$message.= “bbbbbbbbbbbbb”;

$to="abc@abc.com";
$from="xyz@xyz.com";

mail($to,“abc”,$message,"From: $from
");**

**this code is working!!

**problem is when I receive the mail the content is like this:–

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa<br><br>bbbbbbbbbbbbbb<br><br>cccccccccccccc

but i want it like:–
aaaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
ccccccccccccc

can ne1 tell me how do i fix this problem…

help needed…
thanx in advance