&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:
>>
>><a href="" PROTECTED]&body=<form name='myForm'
>>action='' method='post'>Comments: <input type='text'
>>name='comment'></form>">Email Me</a>
>>
>>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
>>
>>
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