Yeah, most of the current email clients support mailto "attributes" such as "body," but there is no standards-compliant way of specifying body text. Also, even though most of the clients support the attribute, they don't (or rarely do) support carriage returns.
-- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Parker, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:51 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: mailto > > > Thanks Mosh - and thanks for the pointer to the article. I'll > have a look a > little later today. FYI I was researching this on MM's Forums as well and > there was a claim that most mail systems support body?? Oh how I long for > some consistency :-) > > > ********** > > Kevin Parker > Web Services Manager > WorkCover Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.workcover.com > > p: 08 82332548 > f: 08 82332000 > m: 0418 806 166 > > ********** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 7 January 2003 4:15 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: mailto > > > There is no way to (consistently) insert a carriage return into the body > text. You might try using "\n" or a URL Encoded carriage-return. > Either of > these methods might work in some clients and will fail in most others. > > BTW, technically speaking, "?body=" is not allowed in a mailto: URL (see > http://www.sightspecific.com/~mosh/WWW_FAQ/mailsubj.html for related > discussion). > > -- > Mosh Teitelbaum > evoch, LLC > Tel: (301) 625-9191 > Fax: (301) 933-3651 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Parker, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:56 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: SOT: mailto > > > > > > Does anyone know if you can code a carriage return into the body part of > > mailto attributes, viz: > > > > <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=Hello&body=How Are You?</A> > > > > TIA!! > > > > ********** > > > > Kevin Parker > > Web Services Manager > > WorkCover Corporation > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.workcover.com > > > > p: 08 82332548 > > f: 08 82332000 > > m: 0418 806 166 > > > > ********** > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee only. It may > > contain information that is protected by legislated confidentiality > > and/or is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you > > are prohibited from disseminating, distributing or copying this e-mail. > > > > Any opinion expressed in this e-mail may not necessarily be that of the > > WorkCover Corporation of South Australia. Although precautions have > > been taken, the sender cannot warrant that this e-mail or any files > > transmitted with it are free of viruses or any other defect. > > > > If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender > > immediately by return e-mail and destroy the original e-mail and any > > copies. > > ************************************************************************ > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
