How to send email with Subject line 2

[scc]

I would like to have a mailto link that will initiate a new email, and would like to pass in the subject line using data from a input box that the user entered, along with some text in the body of the email.

Using html I can call up the new email with the sent to line completed:

<A HREF=mailto:someone@work.com>someone@workcom</A>

but want to pass in the subject and part of the message too.

Is this something Javascript can do, and if so how? If not, can someone point me in the right direction where to find info on this?

TIA!

 

[FesterSXS]

The syntax for the subject and bodytext is as follows:

<A HREF=&quot;mailto:someone@work.com?subject=this is my subject&body=this is some bosytext&quot;>Email me</A>

Tony

http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/portfolio

 

[scc]

Works beautifully!!!! Thanks a bunch.

 

[scc]

Okay, what if I need to force a newline in the body of the email, is there a command to do that?

 

[FesterSXS]

Not sure off the top of my head - will have a look though

How much info are you planning on placing in the body of the email using this method?

Are you using ASP at all? Tony

http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/portfolio

 

[scc]

I am using ASP with VBScript server-side and Javascript client-side for validation (all of which I'm new to).

Just want to put three short lines in the body of the email, but have it in a format that is easily read:

Name:xxxxxxxxxx
SSN: xxxxxxxxxx
DOB: xxxxxxxxxx

where xxx's hold data that the user entered in the form.

 

[FesterSXS]

You could use ASP to build these emails from the form data. Something like this - your webserver needs to be configured to be able to send emails - SMTP service should be enough.

strFile = "c:\temp\somefile.doc"

strBody = &quot;Name: &quot; & Request.Form(&quot;Name&quot;) & &quot;<BR>&quot; & _
          &quot;SSN: &quot; & Request.Form(&quot;SSN&quot;) & &quot;<BR>&quot; & _
          &quot;DOB: &quot; & Request.Form(&quot;DOB&quot;) & &quot;<BR>&quot; & _
          &quot;add any remaining content&quot;

Set objNewMail = CreateObject(&quot;CDONTS.NewMail&quot;)

objMewMail.MailFormat = 0
objNewMail.From = &quot;fromaddress@somewhere.com&quot;
objNewMail.To = Request.Form(&quot;email&quot;)
objNewMail.Cc = &quot;ccaddress@somewhere.com&quot;
objNewMail.Bcc = &quot;bccaddress@somewhere.com&quot;
objNewMail.Subject = &quot;This is your subject&quot;
objNewMail.Body = strBody
objNewMail.AttachFile strFile, &quot;Attachment Description&quot;

objNewMail.Send

Set objNewMail = Nothing

Tony

http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/portfolio

 

[jemminger]

scc,

you can use %0D or %0A to make a line break:

<A HREF=mailto:someone@work.com?subject=my subject&body=line one%0Aline two%0Aline three>someone@workcom</A>
======================================

if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[scc]

Great! That was exactly what I needed.

It would be nice to know the command for inserting a tab, and how I could change the font...

 

[FesterSXS]

I'm almost certain you cant do that using mailto!! You can if you send the email info to ASP and send it from there.

You would then be able to format the email as either plain text or as a HTML page. Tony

http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/portfolio