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Is it possible?
If So How?
Thanks
If So How?
Thanks
Is it possible?
No
If So How?
gcc said:
gcc said:Is it possible?
If So How?
Mark said:
Previously in alt.html said:This page is about the pitfalls of using "mailto:" to submit HTML forms. It
has nothing to do with mailto links.
Mark said:They are still just as unreliable, though admittedly without some of the
more dangerous security problems.
That's untrue. For a start there's no possibility of the visitor *thinking*
that something has been sent when in fact it hasn't.
It's also valid HTML.
Saying it's invalid because a client's system might not have a correctly
configured email client is like saying that Flash content is unacceptable
because not all browsers support it.
The only real drawback of mailto links is the spam factor.
Mark said:FWIW, I don't have a problem with including a mailto: link on a site. I
certainly wouldn't include anything more than the email address in it
(besides the fact that it is invalid and unreliable, who am I to tell
the visitor what they want to contact me about?). But it is *never* a
substitute for a proper form. Use both in tandem if you want, but always
include a server-side method of contact.
mailto:[email protected][email protected]&Subject=example
Note the ampersand (&), not a question mark. As stated in another reply,
it's better practice to use a script if possible. The link method cannot
be relied on to work the same across all situations, especially the Cc
bit.
I take it I could CC as many people as I wanted to with the ?cc= between
each address if I so Choose, yes?
gcc said:Actually I Can't...Hmmmm
Tried this tho.....
mailto:[email protected][email protected];
(e-mail address removed)&Subject=example
And it did......lol
<snip>BTW, the alt.html FAQ is talking complete b*ll*cks on this issue
In fact both those RFCs are now obsolete. "mailto:" URLs are covered by
RFC2368, which is about 7 years old and pretty much universally supported.
Essentially there is *nothing* wrong with including a subject line in a
mailto link.
Mark said:[RFC2368]
Though technically it is still only a _proposed_ standard.
I'm still of the opinion that the visitor has a much better idea of the
subject of their email than I do. YMMV.
Previously in alt.html said:What if you want to include a user-ID or an MD5 hash or anything else that
would be difficult or tedious to type in?
Mark said:I'd use a form.
Seriously, though, if something like that was required, adding a subject
to an email isn't reliable enough - assuming it works in the first
place, the user could easily remove it from the subject line before
sending the email.
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