Re: Puzzle....

by "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>

Date:	Sun, 22 Oct 2000 10:57:42 -0400
To:	"Frani Ciesielski" <franic(at)qis.net>, <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
References:
	todo: View Thread, Original

Frani (et al),

errr. . . 'scuze me, but I feel it important here to point out that
regardless of the browser version, including a subject in a mailto link is
a hack.

ANY browser supporting that is nothing more than a testament to the fault
tolerance of the browser and *definitely* should not be relied on (for
instance, "older" AOL versions choke on it all together, and DO NOT send
the message despite leading the viewer to think it did).

HTH,
Fuzzy

At 09:47 AM 10/22/00 -0400, Frani Ciesielski wrote:
>Jeff,
>
>The reason a blank email is opened when submitting the form in IE and AOL is
>because the mailto: command is not fully supported by those browsers. They
>will only open a blank email with the subject filled in. NN & IE5 and above
>do it correctly. You may want to find a service to allow you to use a CGI
>script instead as there is no way to "fix" this.
>
>Frani
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