HI;
Quick question: How do I specify an email subject when using the setup
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com">Ma il to the cat</a>
Can someone show me how it would look if the subject was "mice"?
Thanks a lot
John Baker 13  7098 
In article <<ev*********** *************** ******@4ax.com> ,> John
Baker (Ba******@Veriz on.net) says... HI;
Quick question: How do I specify an email subject when using the setup
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com">Ma il to the cat</a>
Can someone show me how it would look if the subject was "mice"?
It can't be done, at least not reliably; short of putting together
a FormMail-type script.
Stephan
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Stephan Bird MChem(Hons) AMRSC
Currently in Caernarfon, Wales
Stephan:
How about unreliably, or alternativley, how would a script work that would give me the
same result with the message name?
Best
John
Stephan Bird <st************ @mad.scientist. comREMOVE> wrote: In article <<ev*********** *************** ******@4ax.com> ,> John
Baker (Ba******@Veriz on.net) says... HI;
Quick question: How do I specify an email subject when using the setup
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com">Ma il to the cat</a>
Can someone show me how it would look if the subject was "mice"?
It can't be done, at least not reliably; short of putting together
a FormMail-type script.
Stephan
"Stephan Bird" wrote: In article <<ev*********** *************** ******@4ax.com> ,> John
Baker (Ba******@Veriz on.net) says... Quick question: How do I specify an email subject when using the setup
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com">Ma il to the cat</a>
Can someone show me how it would look if the subject was "mice"?
It can't be done, at least not reliably; short of putting together
a FormMail-type script.
Huh? What's unreliable about this?
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com?sub ject=mice">Mail to the cat</a>
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phil [dot] ronan @ virgin [dot] net http://vzone.virgin.net/phil.ronan/
Previously in comp.infosystem s. www.authoring.html, Philip Ronan
<in*****@invali d.invalid> said: Huh? What's unreliable about this?
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com?sub ject=mice">Mail to the cat</a>
It's really no less reliable than a plain mailto: link - i.e. if your
visitor doesn't have an email program installed/configured, it won't
work.
My objection to the above is that the person sending the email is much
more likely to know what they want to email you about than the person
developing the site. It's arrogant IMHO to assume that everyone who
follows that link wants to email you about the same thing.
--
Mark Parnell http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au
"Mark Parnell" wrote: Previously in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html, Philip Ronan
<in*****@invali d.invalid> said:
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com?sub ject=mice">Mail to the cat</a>
It's arrogant IMHO to assume that everyone who
follows that link wants to email you about the same thing.
You get a "Huh?" too.
Please explain what's so arrogant about these examples:
<a href="mailto:me @example.com?su bject=Link%20Ex change">Contact me if you
want to exchange links with this website</a>
<a href="mailto:me @example.com?s* *************** *******@example .com">
Unsubscribe</a>
<a href="mailto:me @example.com?su bject=Quote%20r equest">Email me to request
a quote</a>
Mail sent using these links could be easily siphoned off to separate
folders, making life much easier for the site operator and probably
resulting in a quicker response to the sender.
What's wrong with that?
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phil [dot] ronan @ virgin [dot] net http://vzone.virgin.net/phil.ronan/
Previously in comp.infosystem s. www.authoring.html, Philip Ronan
<in*****@invali d.invalid> said: "Mark Parnell" wrote:
Previously in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html, Philip Ronan
<in*****@invali d.invalid> said:
<a href="mailto:do **@cats.com?sub ject=mice">Mail to the cat</a>
It's arrogant IMHO to assume that everyone who
follows that link wants to email you about the same thing.
<snip> <a href="mailto:me @example.com?su bject=Link%20Ex change">Contact me if you
want to exchange links with this website</a>
<snip other examples> What's wrong with that?
Those particular examples aren't so bad, as the link mentions one
specific reason for emailing. The original link above assumes though
that everyone who wants to send "Mail to the cat" wants it to be about
mice. Most email links on web sites are like that - just a simple
"Contact Me", rather than "Contact Me about blah".
--
Mark Parnell http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au
"Mark Parnell" wrote: The original link above assumes though that everyone who wants to
send "Mail to the cat" wants it to be about mice.
Oooh, how impudent! :-D
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phil [dot] ronan @ virgin [dot] net http://vzone.virgin.net/phil.ronan/
Just to clarify:
I have a web site where people sign up for various events, but the actual e-mails go to
only three people. They need the name associated with the button click because there may
be one of a dozen events involved. If the event is about mice (and the button says "Click
here to sign up for the event about mice"), they want the subject to say mice, and if the
event is about rats they want it to say rats. That way they can easily categorize the
e-mail (automatically) and respond to it.
Best
John
Philip Ronan <in*****@invali d.invalid> wrote: "Mark Parnell" wrote:
The original link above assumes though that everyone who wants to
send "Mail to the cat" wants it to be about mice.
Oooh, how impudent! :-D
"John Baker" wrote: Just to clarify:
I have a web site where people sign up for various events, but the actual
e-mails go to
only three people. They need the name associated with the button click because
there may
be one of a dozen events involved. If the event is about mice (and the button
says "Click
here to sign up for the event about mice"), they want the subject to say mice,
and if the
event is about rats they want it to say rats. That way they can easily
categorize the
e-mail (automatically) and respond to it.
That's fine.
Just remember to *escape* the subject line, otherwise the links won't work
(i.e. "...?subject=He llo%2C%20World% 21", not "...?subject=He llo, World!").
There's a favelet that can do this for you. Just create a new shortcut
button in your browser's toolbar and copy this link into it (without the
line breaks, obviously):
javascript :void (prompt('Here%2 0is%20the%20con verted%20text.% 20You%20can%20c o
py%20this%20int o%20your%20mail to%20link:',esc ape(prompt('Thi s%20tool%20make s
%20text%20safe% 20for%20inclusi on%20in%20mailt o%20URIs.%20Ent er%20the%20subj e
ct%20line%20her e:'))))
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