Using mailto: to mail a link containing a querystring

[Olaf]

I have a ASP page that after saveing data to the database it will
write the following script code to the page:
<script>
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body=http://myWebserver/page.asp?docID=17&login=HAL&subject=report';
</script>

This all looks well but when I se the actual mail the &login=LAS part
of the link in the body is not there! The subject is correct! It all
looks ok apart from the missing part of the links querystring.

I tried to use Server.UrlEncode but that just left the body of the
mail compleatly empty.

/best regards Olaf

[Evertjan.]

Olaf wrote on 09 aug 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

I have a ASP page that after saveing data to the database it will
write the following script code to the page:
<script>
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body=http://myWebserver/page.as
p?docID=17&login=HAL&subject=report'; </script>

This all looks well but when I se the actual mail the &login=LAS part
of the link in the body is not there! The subject is correct! It all
looks ok apart from the missing part of the links querystring.

I tried to use Server.UrlEncode but that just left the body of the
mail compleatly empty.

How would the last two "&"s know which "?" they have to follow?

In other words:

the mail body could contain:
http://myWebserver/page.asp?docID=17
and the mail login:
HAL
and the mail subject:
report

but there is no mail login, so where has HAL to go?.

Again in other words: you cannot do that.

Moreover the "mailto'-protocol is not clearly defined over different mail
clients.

===========================

If you really want to get somewhere try this:

document.location=
'mailto:[e-mail]?body=http://myWebserver.se/docID17.HAL.report.xyz'

and when the recipient wants to connect your customized 404.asp page will
detect .xyz and redirect this nonexisting URL to where it should be
(page.asp) and have docID17, HAL and report in session variables.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Ivo]

"Olaf" wrote

I have a ASP page that after saveing data to the database it will
write the following script code to the page:
<script>
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body=http://myWebserver/page.asp?doc
ID=17&login=HAL&subject=report'; </script>

This all looks well but when I se the actual mail the &login=LAS part
of the link in the body is not there! The subject is correct! It all
looks ok apart from the missing part of the links querystring.

I tried to use Server.UrlEncode but that just left the body of the
mail compleatly empty.

Use the built-in escape function to encode the url:
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body='+esc ape('http://myWebserver/pa
ge.asp?docID=17&login=HAL')+'&subject=report';

--Iv

[Hywel]

In article <69**************************@posting.google.com >, Olaf
says...

I have a ASP page that after saveing data to the database it will
write the following script code to the page:
<script>
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body=http://myWebserver/page.asp?docID=17&login=HAL&subject=report';
</script>

Cool - a malformed URL. Chaos will ensue.

--
Hywel

http://sponsorhywel.org.uk/

[Michael Winter]

On 9 Aug 2004 07:51:21 -0700, Olaf <ol***********@hotmail.com> wrote:

I have a ASP page that after saveing data to the database it will
write the following script code to the page:
<script>
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body=http://myWebserver/page.asp?docID=17&login=HAL&subject=report';
</script>

This all looks well but when I se the actual mail the &login=LASpart of
the link in the body is not there! The subject is correct!It all looks
ok apart from the missing part of the linksquerystring.

I tried to use Server.UrlEncode but that just left the body of themail
compleatly empty.

The mailto scheme is flawed and should be avoided. It would be much more
reliable to use a server-side mail script. There are plenty of them around
and you'll have no problems setting the subject, or any other field for
that matter.

I'll stop there though. This subject has been done to death.

Mike

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Michael Winter
Replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply by e-mail

[Olaf]

"Ivo" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:<41***********************@news.wanadoo.nl>.. .

Use the built-in escape function to encode the url:
document.location='mailto:[e-mail]?body='+esc ape('http://myWebserver/pa
ge.asp?docID=17&login=HAL')+'&subject=report';

--Iv

Thanks Ivo! That worked just the way I wanted it to.
best regards Olaf