[PLUG] Filling in an e-mail body from an HTML mailto:

[plug at merlot.com]

Richard C. Steffens (rsteff.l at comcast.net) typed this ...
> Is it possible to fill in more than just the address in an HTML mailto: ? I'd 
> like to fill in the subject and the body, too.

Some browsers will fill in the subject if requested. I don't know of any
that will fill in the body.

> Since I'm building a site without much in the way of back-end support, I'm 
> looking for a way to have the user of the site send me an e-mail with the 
> details of what they want to buy already filled in. From what I've seen, it 
> looks like all you can do is get the address line filled in on the e-mail.

See if your web host has any ready-to-run CGIs. If they have only one,
it will be a form-to-email script.

--Kurt
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