Re: Mailto with an embedded form?
Have you considered putting the url of a Web form in the mailto's &body= parameter? That removes the complication of the form-in-email thing, but it allows the user to easily send the url of the form to people on his address list. Jamie On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:40:15 -0700, in cf-talk you wrote: >We present the user with a default list of TO addresses, based on the >context of the "project" they are working on. However the email being sent >may need to go to others not in the default list, or some on the list may >not need to see the email. Basically, the user get's to decide who the >email should go to. > >Thanks for the input though. > >Shawn > >-Original Message- >From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:05 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Mailto with an embedded form? > > >In order to get it parsed as HTML by the mail client, you need to pass >some extra headers, etc. I'm fairly certain this is not possible in >the context of a mailto. Besides, you're already pushing the mailto to >the point of failure. > >However, in your (probably simplified) example, I can't see why the >user would need to access the address book, since [EMAIL PROTECTED] is >hardcoded anyway. Can you explain that requirement? > >Jamie > >On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:58:28 -0700, in cf-talk you wrote: > >>A client wants us to use the mailto: protocol of an anchor tag to open an >>email with an HTML form embedded in it. something like so: >> >> >>action='' method='post'>Comments: >>name='comment'>">Email Me >> >>However, when I try this out the body is put into the email as code - not >>rendered as a form. I'm trying to tell the client this isn't a desirable >>solution, but want to cover my butt. Is there a way to make this happen >>using an anchor tag and the mailto: protocol. >> >>I know I can do this with CFMAIL, but for this project we have to allow use >>of the native email client for creating the email. (simplest way to give >the >>user access to their address book). >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Shawn >> >> > _ > > > [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Mailto with an embedded form?
We present the user with a default list of TO addresses, based on the context of the "project" they are working on. However the email being sent may need to go to others not in the default list, or some on the list may not need to see the email. Basically, the user get's to decide who the email should go to. Thanks for the input though. Shawn -Original Message- From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Mailto with an embedded form? In order to get it parsed as HTML by the mail client, you need to pass some extra headers, etc. I'm fairly certain this is not possible in the context of a mailto. Besides, you're already pushing the mailto to the point of failure. However, in your (probably simplified) example, I can't see why the user would need to access the address book, since [EMAIL PROTECTED] is hardcoded anyway. Can you explain that requirement? Jamie On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:58:28 -0700, in cf-talk you wrote: >A client wants us to use the mailto: protocol of an anchor tag to open an >email with an HTML form embedded in it. something like so: > > >action='' method='post'>Comments: >name='comment'>">Email Me > >However, when I try this out the body is put into the email as code - not >rendered as a form. I'm trying to tell the client this isn't a desirable >solution, but want to cover my butt. Is there a way to make this happen >using an anchor tag and the mailto: protocol. > >I know I can do this with CFMAIL, but for this project we have to allow use >of the native email client for creating the email. (simplest way to give the >user access to their address book). > >Thanks in advance. > >Shawn > > _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Mailto with an embedded form?
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:05:17 -0500, in cf-talk I wrote: >In order to get it parsed as HTML by the mail client, you need to pass >some extra headers, etc. I'm fairly certain this is not possible in >the context of a mailto. Besides, you're already pushing the mailto to >the point of failure. I was technically wrong about the custom headers in an href mailto; however, I don't know how cross browser some of this stuff is. I'm still not necessarily advocating this, BTW. http://email.about.com/library/weekly/aa062199b.htm Jamie [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Mailto with an embedded form?
In order to get it parsed as HTML by the mail client, you need to pass some extra headers, etc. I'm fairly certain this is not possible in the context of a mailto. Besides, you're already pushing the mailto to the point of failure. However, in your (probably simplified) example, I can't see why the user would need to access the address book, since [EMAIL PROTECTED] is hardcoded anyway. Can you explain that requirement? Jamie On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:58:28 -0700, in cf-talk you wrote: >A client wants us to use the mailto: protocol of an anchor tag to open an >email with an HTML form embedded in it. something like so: > > >action='' method='post'>Comments: >name='comment'>">Email Me > >However, when I try this out the body is put into the email as code - not >rendered as a form. I'm trying to tell the client this isn't a desirable >solution, but want to cover my butt. Is there a way to make this happen >using an anchor tag and the mailto: protocol. > >I know I can do this with CFMAIL, but for this project we have to allow use >of the native email client for creating the email. (simplest way to give the >user access to their address book). > >Thanks in advance. > >Shawn > > [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
