predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Hi there,

I know I can define the subject line in my 'mailto-hyperlink', but is
it possible to define a text in the email itself (message field) via
the mailto-link? I would like to create a quick form this way, so
people can answer quickly on a couple of questions.

The link I use now is:

mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline

can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?

Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Bas writing
in news:1181305180.154804.87680@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> Hi there,
>
> I know I can define the subject line in my 'mailto-hyperlink', but is
> it possible to define a text in the email itself (message field) via
> the mailto-link? I would like to create a quick form this way, so
> people can answer quickly on a couple of questions.
>
> The link I use now is:
>
> mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
>
> can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
>
>

Using mailto as a form action is fraught with danger.

1. It depends on the user having an email client. What about people at
an Internet cafe, library, someone else's computer?

2. Some email clients, if there IS an email client, don't understand that
anyway, and just use the user@example.com.

3. People can usually figure out what they want to use as the subject,
and will often change it.

Use a form processing script to send the information, not mailto.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Bas wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I know I can define the subject line in my 'mailto-hyperlink', but is
> it possible to define a text in the email itself (message field) via
> the mailto-link? I would like to create a quick form this way, so
> people can answer quickly on a couple of questions.
>
> The link I use now is:
>
> mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
>
> can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
>

http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article <6POdnYFCzrA89_TbnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Ed Mullen wrote:

> > mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
> >
> > can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
> >
>
> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html

Good one Ed.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

dorayme wrote:
> In article <6POdnYFCzrA89_TbnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>>> mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
>>>
>>> can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
>>>
>> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
>
> Good one Ed.
>

I love Google. It makes me seem relatively intelligent.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
Ed Mullen wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <6POdnYFCzrA89_TbnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> > Ed Mullen wrote:
> >
> >>> mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
> >>>
> >>> can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
> >>>
> >> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
> >
> > Good one Ed.
> >
>
> I love Google. It makes me seem relatively intelligent.

You mean.. oh... you mean this link was not the product of
forensic research on your part ages ago and a good demo of what
is now part of your inner established knowledge. Never mind ...

(I have promised JK not to use smileys for a while. I like the
idea of doing this to see what further hot water I can get into
here).

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

dorayme wrote:
> In article ,
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> dorayme wrote:
>>> In article <6POdnYFCzrA89_TbnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>
>>>>> mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
>>>>>
>>>>> can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
>>> Good one Ed.
>>>
>> I love Google. It makes me seem relatively intelligent.
>
> You mean.. oh... you mean this link was not the product of
> forensic research on your part ages ago and a good demo of what
> is now part of your inner established knowledge. Never mind ...
>
> (I have promised JK not to use smileys for a while. I like the
> idea of doing this to see what further hot water I can get into
> here).
>

Nah, took me about 45 seconds to do the search, read the link, copy the
link, and create the reply.

I think my next hobby is going to be brain surgery. Wanna volunteer?
Whoa! Not that I think you need brain surgery! No! But I will need
test subjects.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
Ed Mullen wrote:

> I think my next hobby is going to be brain surgery. Wanna volunteer?
> Whoa! Not that I think you need brain surgery! No! But I will need
> test subjects.

I know of one very good one right at this moment. Boji. He is up
for anything at any time.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

dorayme wrote:
> In article ,
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> I think my next hobby is going to be brain surgery. Wanna volunteer?
>> Whoa! Not that I think you need brain surgery! No! But I will need
>> test subjects.
>
> I know of one very good one right at this moment. Boji. He is up
> for anything at any time.
>

Ya know, I really walked right into that one. Sigh. Shoulda know better.

But, hey, I'm a neuro-surgical intern! I'm practicing. Wait, lemme
see, ok. Let's take a patient, deemed by the wise ones here as needing
brain surgery, and we'll subject him to my knife, amateurish as it might be.

Lemme think ... .... nah. We'd kill all the interesting posts that way.
And the pontificators would have no one to abase. Nah, let's just let
everyone have at everyone ... like it is.

I mean, who am I to try to bring any order or civility to this place?

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Ed Mullen wrote:

> I think my next hobby is going to be brain surgery. Wanna volunteer?
> Whoa! Not that I think you need brain surgery! No! But I will need
> test subjects.

That was one of my old hobbies. I drifted away from it -- everyone was
a head case.


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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On Jun 8, 10:41 am, Ed Mullen wrote:
>
> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html

That's got a number of mistakes in it. For one thing, spaces aren't
permitted in URLs unless escaped as %20, and ampersands shouldn't be
used within HTML documents unless escaped as &. I'm also not sure
%0A is proper for a line break; doesn't the standard require both CR
and LF, as %0D%0A?

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Dan wrote:
> On Jun 8, 10:41 am, Ed Mullen wrote:
>> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
>
> That's got a number of mistakes in it. For one thing, spaces aren't
> permitted in URLs unless escaped as %20, and ampersands shouldn't be
> used within HTML documents unless escaped as &. I'm also not sure
> %0A is proper for a line break; doesn't the standard require both CR
> and LF, as %0D%0A?
>
> --
> Dan
>

I've tested all of those examples and they seem to work. The spaces
included. Is there one the you have tested and has a problem?

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:39:21 GMT Ed Mullen scribed:

> dorayme wrote:
>> In article <6POdnYFCzrA89_TbnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>
>>>> mailto:name@address.com?subject=subjectline
>>>>
>>>> can this link be extended to add a predefine text in the messagefield?
>>>>
>>> http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
>>
>> Good one Ed.
>>
>
> I love Google. It makes me seem relatively intelligent.



(Wish I'da thoughta dat...)

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:42:10 GMT dorayme scribed:

> In article ,
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> I think my next hobby is going to be brain surgery. Wanna volunteer?
>> Whoa! Not that I think you need brain surgery! No! But I will need
>> test subjects.
>
> I know of one very good one right at this moment. Boji. He is up
> for anything at any time.

Hey! Can I help it if my cranium is too tight?

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
Neredbojias wrote:

>
>

Please don't grin xhtml style here, there is no advantage over
html 4.01 Strict for it.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
Neredbojias wrote:

> On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:42:10 GMT dorayme scribed:
>
> > In article ,
> > Ed Mullen wrote:
> >
> >> I think my next hobby is going to be brain surgery. Wanna volunteer?
> >> Whoa! Not that I think you need brain surgery! No! But I will need
> >> test subjects.
> >
> > I know of one very good one right at this moment. Boji. He is up
> > for anything at any time.
>
> Hey! Can I help it if my cranium is too tight?

Don't worry Boji, the first thing anyone does when learning brain
surgery is to make a hole in the head. That will relieve the
pressure on its own. You are going to feel a lot better
immediately Ed starts on you.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Scripsit dorayme:

>>
>
> Please don't grin xhtml style here, there is no advantage over
> html 4.01 Strict for it.

It's not XHTML, it's XML, or more specifically NEML (Neredbojias Emotion
Markup Language).

But we don't like CSS 4 here. It's still far too experimental.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
"Jukka K. Korpela" wrote:

> Scripsit dorayme:
>
> >>
> >
> > Please don't grin xhtml style here, there is no advantage over
> > html 4.01 Strict for it.
>
> It's not XHTML, it's XML, or more specifically NEML (Neredbojias Emotion
> Markup Language).
>

Be that as it may, it has to be served up in such a way that the
grin appears in IE if the widest possible audience is to be
entertained.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On 10 Jun, 04:14, Ed Mullen wrote:
> Dan wrote:
> > On Jun 8, 10:41 am, Ed Mullen wrote:
> >>http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html
>
> > That's got a number of mistakes in it. For one thing, spaces aren't
> > permitted in URLs unless escaped as %20, and ampersands shouldn't be
> > used within HTML documents unless escaped as &. I'm also not sure
> > %0A is proper for a line break; doesn't the standard require both CR
> > and LF, as %0D%0A?
>
> > --
> > Dan
>
> I've tested all of those examples and they seem to work. The spaces
> included. Is there one the you have tested and has a problem?

Why should we test something we know is wrong?

2.4.2. When to Escape and Unescape
2.4.3. Excluded US-ASCII Characters

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt

Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

Scripsit Roy A.:

> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt

You're citing a document that has been obsoleted by the IETF (over two years
ago).

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article
<1181481870.388684.319820@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
"Roy A." wrote:
....

If I may change tack here but on the general subject:

At after "Here is a typical
URI dissected:" is (a colourful image of) text in which a
"password" is attached after "user:"

Anyone know anything about this password possibility? An example
of a practical use would be welcome.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On 10 Jun, 21:53, "Jukka K. Korpela" wrote:
> Scripsit Roy A.:
>
> >http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
>
> You're citing a document that has been obsoleted by the IETF (over two years
> ago).
>
> --
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Blush

Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

dorayme wrote:
> In article
> <1181481870.388684.319820@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> "Roy A." wrote:
> ...
>
> If I may change tack here but on the general subject:
>
> At after "Here is a typical
> URI dissected:" is (a colourful image of) text in which a
> "password" is attached after "user:"
>
> Anyone know anything about this password possibility? An example
> of a practical use would be welcome.
>
Some use it to log into an FTP account using Windows Explorer/Internet
Explorer. Not a very secure practice to have a URL stored in your
bookmarks or favorites with a username and password in plain text.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
Ed Mullen wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article
> > <1181481870.388684.319820@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Roy A." wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > If I may change tack here but on the general subject:
> >
> > At after "Here is a typical
> > URI dissected:" is (a colourful image of) text in which a
> > "password" is attached after "user:"
> >
> > Anyone know anything about this password possibility? An example
> > of a practical use would be welcome.
> >
> Some use it to log into an FTP account using Windows Explorer/Internet
> Explorer. Not a very secure practice to have a URL stored in your
> bookmarks or favorites with a username and password in plain text.

OK, thanks.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:38:46 GMT dorayme scribed:

>> > I know of one very good one right at this moment. Boji. He is up
>> > for anything at any time.
>>
>> Hey! Can I help it if my cranium is too tight?
>
> Don't worry Boji, the first thing anyone does when learning brain
> surgery is to make a hole in the head. That will relieve the
> pressure on its own. You are going to feel a lot better
> immediately Ed starts on you.

I know you're a movie buff and are undoubtedly thinking of "One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest", so just forget it. Besides (-and this is true) I've
already been shot in the head (with a .357 magnum, no less,) and that
didn't do it so I suspect that Ed would have a little more trouble than he
bargained for.

(The hidden part of the story is that the bullet hit a rock first and lost
almost all of its momentum.)

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:34:49 GMT dorayme scribed:

> In article ,
> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>>
>>
>
> Please don't grin xhtml style here, there is no advantage over
> html 4.01 Strict for it.

The advantage was that I didn't have to type the whole thingy at
the end. However, now that you've made me type even more, you've turned
that blithely into a disadvantage. Typical.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

In article ,
Neredbojias wrote:

> (The hidden part of the story is that the bullet hit a rock first and lost
> almost all of its momentum.)

Oh yeah? I heard that the reason the rock was not more damaged
was because it did not want to take anything away from what you
deserved.

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Re: predefined text is message field via the mailto-link

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:36:40 GMT dorayme scribed:

> In article ,
> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>> (The hidden part of the story is that the bullet hit a rock first and
>> lost almost all of its momentum.)
>
> Oh yeah? I heard that the reason the rock was not more damaged
> was because it did not want to take anything away from what you
> deserved.

We weren't sure which rock it hit. I gathered a few likely candidates,
brought them to the squad room, and put them on the sergeant's desk because
we thought there would be an investigation, but Sarge just told me to get
my rocks off and take a nap. The nco mentality...

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