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What are you using at present? mailto, server-side? Perhaps you could just show us your page.
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So the mailto link opens the user's email application?
The only reason(s) it wouldn't work are:
1. The address you put in the link is wrong or incorrectly formatted
2. The user doesn't hit "send"
3. The user's email application isn't properly configured
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Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web site design in Cheltenham and Gloucester
Ham and Jam - British & Commonwealth forces mod for Half Life 2
The only reason(s) it wouldn't work are:
1. The address you put in the link is wrong or incorrectly formatted
2. The user doesn't hit "send"
3. The user's email application isn't properly configured
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Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web site design in Cheltenham and Gloucester
Ham and Jam - British & Commonwealth forces mod for Half Life 2
You can't do this only with HTML.
If you use links of the form mailto:someone@somewhere, it'll use the user's mail client - e.g. Outlook - to send the mail. you can't build a hotmail-style interface on this basis.
If you want people to fill in fields on your webpage, click a button, and have it send a mail, you'll need to use some form of server-side language - perl, php, asp, etc... - to do the job for you. Your ISP may provide such a script for you, failing that try Googling for "formmail".
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
If you use links of the form mailto:someone@somewhere, it'll use the user's mail client - e.g. Outlook - to send the mail. you can't build a hotmail-style interface on this basis.
If you want people to fill in fields on your webpage, click a button, and have it send a mail, you'll need to use some form of server-side language - perl, php, asp, etc... - to do the job for you. Your ISP may provide such a script for you, failing that try Googling for "formmail".
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
Actually, can you clarify the question?
Did you want to create a webmail application as per Chris' post or did you just want to send mail from a website? And if so, is that mail to a specific address or any address the visitor wishes?
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Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web site design in Cheltenham and Gloucester
Ham and Jam - British & Commonwealth forces mod for Half Life 2
Did you want to create a webmail application as per Chris' post or did you just want to send mail from a website? And if so, is that mail to a specific address or any address the visitor wishes?
<honk>*:O)</honk>
Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web site design in Cheltenham and Gloucester
Ham and Jam - British & Commonwealth forces mod for Half Life 2
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Can't be done in HTML. As it was said before, your form action could be mailto, but that is unreliable, as you never know if the person using the site has the mail client set up on their computer. I know a number of people who use only web-clients for their mail and they will not be able to use such a feedback form.
On the other hand you could process the form on the server and send the email like that. For that you would need to find out what server-side lanugage you have and ask your question in one of the fora that deals with that language.
On the other hand you could process the form on the server and send the email like that. For that you would need to find out what server-side lanugage you have and ask your question in one of the fora that deals with that language.
Alternatively, try one of the third party services listed at
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
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