mailto command appends /start to e-mail address

[simplexion]

Curious if this has happened to others:

I have an HTML line that looks like this

<a href=&quot;mailto:address@isp.com&quot;>contact us</a><br />

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When I've tested the link, the 'to:' address is listed as follows: address@isp.com/start. Any answers as to why /start would be appended to the end?

If I add a subject line such as

 <a href=&quot;mailto:address@isp.com?subject=Test&quot;>contact us</a><br />[code], the 'to:' line is the correct address; but the Subject line is listed as follows: Test/start.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[dwarfthrower]

What you've posted works fine for me (IE6, Outlook 2000)

Try testing your code in isolation, (blank HTML file with just the <a> tag in the body) and see if you get the same result.

If so - some sort of browser/email client problem.

If not - something to do with the code on the particular page.

 

[cian]

Also works fine in Lotus Notes/Win2K.

dwarfthrower's suggestion of testing in isolation should be the first step.
You could also post a link to the page if you have it online and we could test it.




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[simplexion]

Okay so I have tested the code in total isolation. Same thing as before. I have uploaded the page to this URL:

http://www.pennswoods.net/~simplexion/

Same thing as before. I wrote the HTML in Windows XP Pro Notepad, and my defaulted e-mail (which comes up automatically when I click the link) is Hotmail. Feel free to check out the page to see if you can come up with an answer to this odd error.

 

[cian]

No idea what the problem is to be honest, it works fine on my system.
sorry I can't help, maybe someone with a better knowledge of these things...




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[dwarfthrower]

That works fine for me too.

What browser and email software do you use?

What effect do other mailto links - from other web sites -have on your system?

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

Seems to happen with mailto links and Hotmail in general, not just your site.

This is one of the reasons not to rely on a mailto link.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[simplexion]

Thanks to all who tried to figure this out. As Wullie pointed out, it seems to be a problem with Hotmail only; works fine for Outlook Express. Hotmail does the same thing for all 'mailto:' links, so it is a good argument for NOT using them or it at all:} As for me, I'll stick to forms from now on.

Thanx again all.