mailto: subject

[WebcastMaker]

Could someone please tell me what the correct code is to make a mailto: link
mail an address with a particular subject.

google "email ideas that don't work"

 

[Mark Parnell]

I wonder how many other people reading this (experts excepted!) were
unaware that people accessing sites in libraries, etc. may not be able
to use mailto; links.

Only those who haven't bothered to read the group's archives.

 

[Sam Hughes]

Only those who haven't bothered to read the group's archives.

What do you mean by that?

What portion of alt.html should a person read? All of it? A random
sampling dated back to the oldest thread on Google? All the articles
between two certain dates?

Have you considered how much time this would take?

 

[Mark Parnell]

What do you mean by that?

Sorry - came out a bit more aggressively than intended.

What portion of alt.html should a person read? All of it? A random
sampling dated back to the oldest thread on Google? All the articles
between two certain dates?

It is generally expected in most groups that someone will lurk for at
least a couple of weeks before posting. It would be a rare 2 weeks where
the question of mailto: isn't discussed.

 

[WebcastMaker]

What do you mean by that?
What portion of alt.html should a person read? All of it? A random
sampling dated back to the oldest thread on Google? All the articles
between two certain dates?

Everyone with a question should google the group before asking.

 

[Starshine Moonbeam]

Could someone please tell me what the correct code is to make a mailto: link
mail an address with a particular subject.

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">email me or whatever else you
want to put here</a>

 

[Neal]

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">email me or whatever else you
want to put here</a>

And the subject??

 

[Starshine Moonbeam]

And the subject??

I don't know. Type it in.

 

[Neal]

I don't know. Type it in.

See, the OP wanted to know how to get the subject to be automatic. Your
reply neglected this.

A standard way of doing this is
mailto:[email protected]?subject=this%20is%20the%20subject but it's not
standardized for all email clients to my knowledge, and a form is a
superior way of handling this.

 

[Starshine Moonbeam]

See, the OP wanted to know how to get the subject to be automatic. Your
reply neglected this.

I didn't process that part of it until you said something actually but
even if I did, I still wouldn't have known it.

A standard way of doing this is
mailto:[email protected]?subject=this%20is%20the%20subject but it's not
standardized for all email clients to my knowledge, and a form is a
superior way of handling this.

Handy. I may try to use that soon. Thanks!

 

[rf]

Starshine Moonbeam

Handy. I may try to use that soon. Thanks!

<sigh/> Don't. It is broken. That is the whole point. It only works
*sometimes*.

 

[Neal]

Handy. I may try to use that soon. Thanks!

Not handy. Do you have a reading disability?

Use a secure form for email and supply an email address for those who
prefer their own email client. Can't do a whole lot better than that.

 

[Starshine Moonbeam]

Not handy. Do you have a reading disability?

And if I did? Wouldn't you feel shitty.

But I don't. A gee-whiz-neato thing I found on usenet. I probably should
have said something other than handy but fuggit.

Use a secure form for email and supply an email address for those who
prefer their own email client. Can't do a whole lot better than that.

Fair enough.

 

[Neal]

And if I did? Wouldn't you feel shitty.

No, I see people with such disabilities all the time. I would understand.
As it is not the case, I know how I may continue.

Fair enough.

Sure is.