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How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link it automatically
prefills the email client subject heading with a predetermined subject as
well as prefilling the email address to field?

I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found it!

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Franklin P Patchey said...

> How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link it automatically
> prefills the email client subject heading with a predetermined subject as
> well as prefilling the email address to field?

you don't

you cannot tell how the persons computer that is emailing you is
configured, they can have all sorts of browser/email client/operating
system configurations, they may not even have an email client. putting
anything other than the email address in an email link produces
unpredictable results that could cause the email to be lost forever in
the most putrid burning pit of hell (or somewhere like that).

you need a form and server side script if you want to have subjects or
bodies automatically added to your emails.

<quote>
RFC1738 Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
3.5. MAILTO The mailto URL scheme is used to designate the Internet
mailing address of an individual or service. No additional information
other than an Internet mailing address is present or implied.
</quote> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt

RFC2368 The mailto URL scheme updates the above but it hasn't been
universally adopted and/or the persons particular configuration may
cause problems and/or people use non-supporting UAs which either
causes problems on the client machine and/or with the servers the
email is processed through (or none at all).

the point is you _and_ the person emailing you don't know if it's
going to work or not and most likely wont know when it doesn't work.

"it works for me" is not a reason unless the only email you send and
receive is from yourself on your own computer.

<a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=">example@example. com</a>

form scripts:
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Script...rm_Processors/
http://www.hotscripts.com/Perl/Scrip...rm_Processors/
http://www.hotscripts.com/ASP/Script...rm_Processors/
remotely hosted:
http://www.hotscripts.com/Remotely_H...rm_Processors/


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<a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">

Works with all major mail programs.

Mitja

"Franklin P Patchey" <> wrote in message
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> How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link it
automatically
> prefills the email client subject heading with a predetermined subject as
> well as prefilling the email address to field?
>
> I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found it!
>
>

"Mitja Trampus" <> wrote in message
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> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">
>
> Works with all major mail programs.

Dohhh!

"Mitja Trampus" <> wrote in message
news:bkkj01$8v2$...
> "Franklin P Patchey" <> wrote in message
> news:bkjse1$hhv$...
> > How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link it
> automatically
> > prefills the email client subject heading with a predetermined subject
as
> > well as prefilling the email address to field?
> >
> > I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found it!
> >
> >
>
>
> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">
>
> Works with all major mail programs.
>

Except my $400 contact management software.

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In article <bkkj01$8v2$>, says...
> "Franklin P Patchey" <> wrote in message
> news:bkjse1$hhv$...
> > How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link it
> automatically
> > prefills the email client subject heading with a predetermined subject as
> > well as prefilling the email address to field?
> >
> > I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found it!
> >
> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">
>
> Works with all major mail programs.

Really?

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Hywel Jenkins <> delighted us to no end
by taking a lime green crayon and scribbling in
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> In article <bkkj01$8v2$>, says...
>> "Franklin P Patchey" <> wrote in
>> message news:bkjse1$hhv$...
>> > How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link
>> > it automatically prefills the email client subject heading
>> > with a predetermined subject as well as prefilling the email
>> > address to field?
>> >
>> > I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found
>> > it!
>> >
>> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">
>>
>> Works with all major mail programs.
>
> Really?
>

lol This is a joke, right?

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"-=Be4U=-" <> wrote in message news:<Xns93FDCB7156C9Dbe4u@****_off.com>...
> Hywel Jenkins <> delighted us to no end
> by taking a lime green crayon and scribbling in
> news: t:
>
> > In article <bkkj01$8v2$>, says...
> >> "Franklin P Patchey" <> wrote in
> >> message news:bkjse1$hhv$...
> >> > How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link
> >> > it automatically prefills the email client subject heading
> >> > with a predetermined subject as well as prefilling the email
> >> > address to field?
> >> >
> >> > I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found
> >> > it!
> >> >
> >> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">
> >>
> >> Works with all major mail programs.
> >
> > Really?
> >
>
> lol This is a joke, right?


Which - the point that mailto with a subject works or the point that
I'm hinting that it doesn't?

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Hywel

I'm not saying most people own $400 worth mailing agents...

As for compatibility, I'm sure about IE5+, but if I remember right it also
works with IE4 and newer versions of Mozilla/Netscape.

Mitja


"EightNineThree" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Mitja Trampus" <> wrote in message
> news:bkkj01$8v2$...
> > "Franklin P Patchey" <> wrote in message
> > news:bkjse1$hhv$...
> > > How do you have it so that when you click on a mailto: link it
> > automatically
> > > prefills the email client subject heading with a predetermined subject
> as
> > > well as prefilling the email address to field?
> > >
> > > I've seen this done, but cant find the website where I found it!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=?subject=hello">
> >
> > Works with all major mail programs.
> >
>
> Except my $400 contact management software.
>
> --
> Karl Core
>
> Charles Sweeney says my sig is fine as it is.
>
>

"Mitja Trampus" <> wrote:

>I'm not saying most people own $400 worth mailing agents...

But surely the people who do are the sort of suckers..., erm,
customers that you want to attract.

>As for compatibility, I'm sure about IE5+, but if I remember right it also
>works with IE4 and newer versions of Mozilla/Netscape.

Have you missed the point? The browser is only part of the equation,
it's the interaction between the browser and the email client that
matters. It doesn't matter if I have the latest and greated browser if
my email client can't cope.

Please stop top posting.

Steve

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