Mailto: With Subject

[Ravi Sandhu]

Hi all

How do I create a mailto hyperlink that will also populate the subject?

For example I want a link to send an email to (e-mail address removed) with Test
in the subject. Perhaps Even "Hey this is a test", in the body

How is this done?

What other things can be done using this link?

Thank you

 

[Steve R.]

Ravi Sandhu wrote in message ...

How do I create a mailto hyperlink that will also populate the subject?
For example I want a link to send an email to (e-mail address removed) with Test
in the subject. Perhaps Even "Hey this is a test", in the body

This will work SOMETIMES, but not NOT on all browsers.

<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Test&amp;body=Hey this is a
test.&amp;">[email protected]</a>

Copy it to Notepad first, then copy the markup from Notepad the into the
program you are using to build your web pages.

 

[Sid Ismail]

: Hi all
:
: How do I create a mailto hyperlink that will also populate the subject?
:
: For example I want a link to send an email to (e-mail address removed) with Test
: in the subject. Perhaps Even "Hey this is a test", in the body
:
: How is this done?


?subject in mailto:
http://www.isolani.co.uk/newbie/mailto.html
http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/all.html#mailto-subject
http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/forms.html
http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/faq.htm#mailtosubject

Sid

 

[Mark Parnell]

(alt.html.writers snipped because it doesn't exist on my server)

How do I create a mailto hyperlink that will also populate the subject?

Mailto: is unreliable at the best of times. Adding additional
information (which isn't allowed in the specs, BTW) makes it more so.
The best solution is to provide a form the user can fill in. Include a
mailto: link as well if you like, but don't try and tell the user what
they are contacting you about - surely they know better than you do
anyway.