One more time:
<a
href='mailto:da****@atreide.net?Subject=Hi%20There &Body=This%20is%20a%20body
&Att:filename="FileName.TXT"'>attachement, attachment, attch, att</a>
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Eric Miller's User Tips
Last Updated on 09/21/98
OE as Default Mail Client If you simply want to send a mail
message, but don't want to fully load OE, select Start | Run | "mailto:"
(without the quotation marks). This will bring up a Compose Message window
with the cursor blinking in the To: field, ready for you to change. You can
even create a shortcut wherever you would like. In the Target box under the
Shortcut tab, type in "mailto:" (without the quotation marks). Having done
this, clicking on the shortcut will bring up an OE Compose Message window.
For more information, read Knowledge Base Article Q181985.
Now, if you'd like to automatically fill in some of the fields, you
can do that too. For example, iIf you want to fill in the To field, using
the address of
ab*@isp.com as an example, simply type in
"mailto:ab*@isp.com" (again without the quotation marks). If you want the
Compose Message window to pop up with
ab**@isp.com in the To field,
ab**@isp.com and
ab**@isp.com in the CC field,
ab**@isp.com and
ab**@isp.com
in the BCC field, the word "Stuff" in the Subject field and the word "Text"
in the body of the message, use:
mailto:ab**@isp.com?subject=Stuff&CC=ab**@isp.com; ab**@isp.com&BCC=ab**@isp.com;ab**@isp.com&body=Te xt
A couple of caveats are particularly noteworthy about using mailto
with command line parameters. First, the syntax must be precise -- a "?" is
required to setoff the Subject field, an "&" is required to set off the CC,
BCC and Body fields. Second, OE will stop picking up the command line
instructions when it first encounters a blank space in the command string.
This can have unintended and confusing consequences. For instance, if you
have a Subject with more than one word and you have a space between the
words, the Subject field will reflect only the first word. Moreover, any
instructions after the blank space, e.g., BCC, CC or Body will not be picked
up. To deal with multiple words in the Subject and Body fields, you need to
be sure to enclose the multiple words within quotation marks. These
quotation marks will show, but OE will also pick up the entire subject and
any ensuing instructions. With respect to multiple email addresses in the
To, BCC or BCC fields, you need to be sure to separate them with semicolons,
but there should be no additional spaces. That's all there is to it. Once
you understand the multiple word limitations, the mailto command can be very
handy.
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