[Cialug] E-mail response

Jim Asbille cialug@cialug.org
Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:51:24 -0600 

David Stout wrote:

> I have a web form and when the user clicks the submit button I would 
> like to have it send the contents of the form to an e-mail address. 
> Can this be done in HTML?
>
>
> David Stout
> Business Forms Analyst & Student
>
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What you want is a "mailto" link.  Example follows:

<html>

<body>

<p>
This is a mail link:
<a href="mailto:someone@gmail.com?subject=Hello%20again">
Send Mail</a>
</p>

<p>
<b>Note:</b> Spaces between words should be replaced by %20 to 
<b>ensure</b> that the browser will display your text properly.
</p>

</body>
</html>

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Jim Asbille, MSM

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