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Why mailto links don't always work.
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Oct 28th, 2003, 16:23
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Why mailto links don't always work.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="geneva, verdana, arial" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The mailto link (mailto:first@email.addy,second@email.addy?subject =Join) assumes that the protocol between browser and email client is based on RFC2396, but mostly this is a false assumption, and most of the programs use RFC822 (where ? is an illegal email address character).
The curious thing is that Internet Explorer using Outlook Express works fine, so does Opera and its Opera mail client. But the mailto doesn't work when Interner Explorer uses OperaMail as the client, and when Opera uses Outlook Express as the client. The solution is patently obvious - use a server side solution</p> <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">The above is taken, with permission, from the alt.html FAQ
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Oct 28th, 2003, 21:47
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Which, if you wanted to avoid having your e-mail address spammed into oblivion, you would do anyway?
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Oct 29th, 2003, 09:41
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dam right, it is possible to totally avoid spam if you are careful.
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Oct 31st, 2003, 13:11
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="geneva, verdana, arial" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Smokie
dam right, it is possible to totally avoid spam if you are careful. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Inevitably you will get some depending on usage of your email address. This program is excellent at filtering out the cr@p http://www.keir.net/k9.html Free as well (I'll take two...) |
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