mail to problem

[StressedTechie]

I have a problem with my mailto command on a local intranet. It used to work but since moving site to another area of the network it has become a problem.

I am using this format

mailto: firstname lastname

this used to work and started outlook up and put the interanl address of the user in. It now displays the following

%20firstname%20lastname

and of course it is not resolving the address correctly
Does anyone have any ideas why this is and why it worked before and not now

Cheers

 

[EugenePaliev]

Hello!

There is a rule that you may never use spaces in any file/address name on the Internet. But you broke this simple rule - you have 2 spaces - before firstname and lastname. You must remove those spaces to get it working. You may use some other symbols to replace spaces. So it should look like this:
mailto:firstnamelastname
or
mailto:firstname_lastname
or
mailto:firstname.lastname
or
mailto:firstnameLastname

Internet Explorer always replaces spaces with %20, that's why you now have it in your address.

Why it worked before?.. Think that you just were happy and now follow rules.

Good Luck!