Templates In email.php

Hi,
I am trying to add a header and footer to my email messages. For some reason the file email.php won't show templates, any ideas?

I have this right before global.php is included:

PHP Code:

$templatesused = "HTMLEmailHeader,HTMLEmailFooter"; 

and here is how I am including the templates:

PHP Code:

                if (!$test) {
                    echo "sending ... \n";
                    
                    if ($htmlmail="1") {
                        eval("\$header = \"".gettemplate("HTMLEmailHeader")."\";");
                        eval("\$footer = \"".gettemplate("HTMLEmailFooter")."\";");
                    }
                    else {
                        eval("\$header = \"".gettemplate("HTMLEmailHeader")."\";");
                        eval("\$footer = \"".gettemplate("HTMLEmailFooter")."\";");
                        //$header = "";
                        //$footer = "";
                    }
                    vbmail($user['email'], $subject, "$header $sendmessage $footer", $from); 

Thank You,
Paul