mailto and IE6

Don Logan · #1 Apr 23rd, 2006, 16:25

Hi
I'm writing an email form using mailto, i was under the impression the contents of the form where emailed once submit was clicked on. Instead outlook express opens, i looked into this and found out it's an IE6 problem which causes mailto to open an email client. Is there anyway round this in HTML?
Don
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<center>
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="mailto:jill@jagprops.co.uk" ENCTYPE="text/plain">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="username" >: name <br>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="email">: email <br>
comments<br>
<TEXTAREA NAME="COMMENTS" ROWS="10" WRAP="hard" </TEXTAREA cols="20">
<INPUT NAME="redirect" TYPE="hidden" VALUE="index2.html">
<INPUT NAME="NEXT_URL" TYPE="hidden" VALUE="index2.html"> 
<br>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send"> 
<INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Clear"> 
</FORM>
</CENTER>

-- Please use the [code] tags when appropriate.

sypher · #2 Apr 23rd, 2006, 18:29

Show the code of private.php

Don Logan · #3 Apr 23rd, 2006, 18:55

yeah sorry can't de-cypher the nub of your jist. Come again?

sypher · #4 Apr 23rd, 2006, 19:15

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   <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="private.php?do=newpm&u=3702" ENCTYPE="text/plain">

private.php is handling the form so that is the code we need to see.

ukgeoff · #5 Apr 23rd, 2006, 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Logan

Hi

I'm writing an email form using mailto, i was under the impression the contents of the form where emailed once submit was clicked on. Instead outlook express opens, i looked into this and found out it's an IE6 problem which causes mailto to open an email client. Is there anyway round this in HTML?

I think you are under a misaprehention here.

mailto: is an href option like http://. Using mailto: in a link will always open up the users default email client. This is not an IE problem. It's the way it's supposed to work.

As as already been said, post the php so we can see what you are trying to do.

Legacy_Staff · #6 Apr 23rd, 2006, 20:24

Apart from anything else, using 'mailto' will open you up to having the e-mail address you show harvested from your own site by robots and then sold on to those bastions (*possible mis-spelling) of civilisation, the lovely spammer folk.

bruno89 · #7 Apr 29th, 2006, 19:12

i have the same problem i dont know wat to do either.

ukgeoff · #8 Apr 29th, 2006, 22:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruno89

i have the same problem i dont know wat to do either.

Then one of you had better let us see the code you are trying to use.

Then we can see whether you are trying to use the hrfe='mailto:.. code or whether you are trying to use the php function mailto(...).

bruno89 · #9 Apr 30th, 2006, 10:39

ok well im usein

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</font></p>
  <p align="center"><br>
</p>
  <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:Bruno_89@hotmail.co.uk">  <table width="500" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
    <tr>
      <td><table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1">
        <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><center><b>Order form </b> </font></td>
        </tr>
        

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Name: </font></td>
          <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
            <input name="name" type="text" id="name">
          </font></td>
        </tr>
        

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Email: </font></td>
          <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
            <input name="email" type="text" id="email">
          </font></td>
 
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tell: </font></td>
          <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
            <input name="Phone" type="text" id="Tellephone">
          </font></td>
        </tr>
        

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Address: </font></td>
          <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
            <input name="address" type="text" id="address">
          </font></td>
        </tr>
        

 </tr>
        <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Subject :</font></td>
          <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
            <select name="subject" id="subject">
      <option>Buy</option>
        <option>Delivery</option>
              <option>Cancle Order</option>
              <option>Quirey</option>
                                    </select>
          </font></td>
        </tr>
        

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How can we contact you?</font></td>
          <td align="left">
              <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
              <label>
              <input type="radio" name="contact_preference" value="email">
              Email</label>
              <br>
              <label>
              <input type="radio" name="contact_preference" value="phone">
  Tell</label>
              </font></td>
        </tr>
        

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Message:</font></td>
          <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
            <textarea name="message" cols="40" rows="6" id="message"></textarea>
          </font></td>
        </tr>
        <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
          <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"><INPUT TYPE="reset"></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
   </td></tr></table></form>

that

bruno89 · #10 Apr 30th, 2006, 10:44

a.k.a "<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:"

Rob · #11 Apr 30th, 2006, 12:01

Webforumz is automatically changing your post to protect your email address.....

For everyone else's benefit:-
The Action is NOT private.php (thats what webforumz is adding in), it is actually this:-
mailto : Bruno_89 [@] XhotXmaXil .co.uk

(The above line is broken up and has X's inserted to protect bruno from spam)

ukgeoff · #12 Apr 30th, 2006, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruno89

a.k.a "<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:"

Ok. With the above code, the ACTION='mailto:' will cause the default email client to be activated when the form is submitted. That's the way this code is supposed to work.

The other post shows the form with ACTION='private.php'. Need to see the php code you are using to find out what is going wrong.

Rob · #13 Apr 30th, 2006, 16:48

Geoff..... THERE IS NO PHP CODE.
READ MY REPLY TWO POSTS UP.

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