Flash variables help!

Guys, I have a flash movie that has an option to “send to a friend” there is an input box with a variable called “email”.

everything works fine except when you type in your email address and click send not only does it send the email it also sends a bunch of format information for the input box, below is what the php script is reciving as the “email” variable.

<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=“2”><P ALIGN=“LEFT”><FONT FACE="_sans" SIZE=“12” COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING=“0” KERNING=“0”>myemail@test.com</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

why is it sending all that crap along with the inputed text?