diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 647170fa28bd580e0f8f963b8743bb13eaeeafbe..7ff75bc1d4e61117f8e53efd66e7f61c1298a864 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -7512,13 +7512,17 @@ static int load_config(void)
 			tmpread = tmpwrite = emailbody;
 			while ((tmpwrite = strchr(tmpread,'\\'))) {
 				switch (tmpwrite[1]) {
+				case 'r':
+					memmove(tmpwrite + 1, tmpwrite + 2, strlen(tmpwrite + 2) + 1);
+					*tmpwrite = '\r';
+					break;
 				case 'n':
-					*tmpwrite++ = '\n';
-					memmove(tmpwrite, tmpwrite + 1, strlen(tmpwrite + 1) + 1);
+					memmove(tmpwrite + 1, tmpwrite + 2, strlen(tmpwrite + 2) + 1);
+					*tmpwrite = '\n';
 					break;
 				case 't':
-					*tmpwrite++ = '\t';
-					memmove(tmpwrite, tmpwrite + 1, strlen(tmpwrite + 1) + 1);
+					memmove(tmpwrite + 1, tmpwrite + 2, strlen(tmpwrite + 2) + 1);
+					*tmpwrite = '\t';
 					break;
 				default:
 					ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Substitution routine does not support this character: %c\n", tmpwrite[1]);
@@ -7536,13 +7540,17 @@ static int load_config(void)
 			tmpread = tmpwrite = pagerbody;
 			while ((tmpwrite = strchr(tmpread, '\\'))) {
 				switch (tmpwrite[1]) {
+				case 'r':
+					memmove(tmpwrite + 1, tmpwrite + 2, strlen(tmpwrite + 2) + 1);
+					*tmpwrite = '\r';
+					break;
 				case 'n':
-					*tmpwrite++ = '\n';
-					memmove(tmpwrite, tmpwrite + 1, strlen(tmpwrite + 1) + 1);
+					memmove(tmpwrite + 1, tmpwrite + 2, strlen(tmpwrite + 2) + 1);
+					*tmpwrite = '\n';
 					break;
 				case 't':
-					*tmpwrite++ = '\t';
-					memmove(tmpwrite, tmpwrite + 1, strlen(tmpwrite + 1) + 1);
+					memmove(tmpwrite + 1, tmpwrite + 2, strlen(tmpwrite + 2) + 1);
+					*tmpwrite = '\t';
 					break;
 				default:
 					ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Substitution routine does not support this character: %c\n", tmpwrite[1]);