[thelist] html email protocol

Bruce Heerssen bruce at heerssen.com
Sat Sep 29 10:39:49 CDT 2001


neal at constructweb.com wrote:

> Email conventions
> <A
> HREF="mailto:joe at site.com?cc=joe2 at site.com?subject=feedback?Body=How%20ya%20
> doin">joe at site.com</A>
> this should help

Shouldn't that be:

<A
HREF="mailto:joe at site.com?cc=joe2 at site.com&subject=feedback&Body=How%20ya%20
doin">joe at site.com</A>
Notice the '&'s.

Also, mail clients can be a little dodgy about this, some may not accept 
the body or the cc, and AFAIK, no client supports bcc in a link. Also, 
not all users have access to the mail client on the machine they're 
using. I'm thinking about libraries and college computer labs here. For 
better reliability, try a web-based form instead.

HTH,
Bruce





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