"Locking" Email Subject in Link

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SamDev

Is there a way when setting up a hyperlink to an email address that also
includes filling in Subject line by "webmaster" to disable or lock the
visitors from changing that Subject line?

Thx
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Use a form if you want to "lock" the subject line.

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Jack Brewster

SamDev said:
Is there a way when setting up a hyperlink to an email address that also
includes filling in Subject line by "webmaster" to disable or lock the
visitors from changing that Subject line?
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No. That would require configuring how the visitor's email program
operates. HTML does not have that capability.

Your best bet is to put a form on your site. The mailto: link is designed
to only support the To: address of a new message. Anything else added after
that, subject, cc, message, etc. stand a chance of being lost since not all
email clients will support those options.

Read here for some more info on this:
http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/faq.htm#mailtosubject
http://www.isolani.co.uk/articles/mailto.html
 
S

SamDev

Thank you - a form it will be...


Jack Brewster said:
No. That would require configuring how the visitor's email program
operates. HTML does not have that capability.

Your best bet is to put a form on your site. The mailto: link is designed
to only support the To: address of a new message. Anything else added after
that, subject, cc, message, etc. stand a chance of being lost since not all
email clients will support those options.

Read here for some more info on this:
http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/faq.htm#mailtosubject
http://www.isolani.co.uk/articles/mailto.html
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