I am running a simple JavaScript routine to pass an email to Outlook Express using Mailto. It all works correctly except for the fact that the body data can be very large (500+ characters) and somewhere along the way it is being truncated. The opinions that I have read vary as to whether it is a string size limitation in which case I would expect a size of 255 characters (it is usually 195 chrs) or a limit on the size of data that Mailto can handle. Does anyone have an answer please?
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Size Limit on &Body when using Mailto
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Best suggestion: don't use mailto. It has many inherent limitations and problems. Use a cgi solution instead.
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Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
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I wish that I could use a CGI script but there is a reason why it is not an option open to me. The application is for
a GDIdb script to extract data from an Access database on a local PC and compile it into a correct format. The resulting data must then be sent to a single recipient who has very strict requirements as to the formatting of the data. Up to the point of sending the email the whole operation must be done offline. The good news is that I do not have to worry about catering for different browsers etc. In view of these unusual circumstances I would be glad to try anything that might work.
a GDIdb script to extract data from an Access database on a local PC and compile it into a correct format. The resulting data must then be sent to a single recipient who has very strict requirements as to the formatting of the data. Up to the point of sending the email the whole operation must be done offline. The good news is that I do not have to worry about catering for different browsers etc. In view of these unusual circumstances I would be glad to try anything that might work.
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