Outlook Express/IE

by "Leo Smith" <barter(at)ntplx.net>

 Date:  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:12:08 -0500
 To:  <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
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Hi everyone...
I came across a Microsoft problem and wondered if anyone else had the
problem and a solution.
Problem: When creating MAILTO instructions in HTML, IE is limited to
accepting a maximum of 456 characters. In cases where multiple email
addresses are to be listed in the HTML for MAILTO, IE works fine as long as
the number of email addresses is 22 or less. However, when using more than
456 characters in the HTML command set for MAILTO, the Dialog Box appears
with this message: "Could not perform this operation because the default
mail client is not properly installed."
Microsoft acknowledges the problem.
In this case, we have a group of 25 email addresses
Netscape and NeoPlanet browsers do not have this problem when 25 email
addresses have been entered in the HTML MAILTO instructions.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to overcome the problem for those using
MSIE 4.0 as their browser?

Leo Smith

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