mailto: Question

[Anatoly Kurilin]

Hi, putting the text "mailto:" followed by address into Location of Default
hyperlink calls the new Outlook Express message with that address in it.
Great. But is there any way to put initial words into the Subject of this
new message? I need it to fight spam messages.

Thank in advance,
AK

 

[Mike Mueller]

The best way to fight spam is to not use mailto: or the FP
form handler for email. I use a form and set the form to
post to a custom ASP page which generates the email.

You can preload the email with a subject (or body, cc, or
bcc) by using the ? tag. However, the client can change the
subject if so desired.

mailto:[email protected]?subject=NotSpam

Mike


message : Hi, putting the text "mailto:" followed by address into
Location of Default
: hyperlink calls the new Outlook Express message with that
address in it.
: Great. But is there any way to put initial words into the
Subject of this
: new message? I need it to fight spam messages.
:
: Thank in advance,
: AK
:
:

 

[Steve Easton]

<a href=mailto:[email protected]?subject=your text here>

You don't say which version of FrontPage, but there should be a subject box in the hyperlink
properties for a mailto link.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Anatoly Kurilin]

Thank you, Mike. That's exactly what I need. Sorry for my ignorance.

 

[Mike Mueller]

Anatoly,

Your welcome.
I do not consider that arrogance. You were aware of an
issue and you sought to resolve it. You were also smart
enough to give enough detail in your original post so that I
could figure out what you really needed.

Mike


Anatoly Kurilin wrote:
: Thank you, Mike. That's exactly what I need. Sorry for my
: ignorance.
:
: message :: The best way to fight spam is to not use mailto: or the
:: FP form handler for email. I use a form and set the
:: form to post to a custom ASP page which generates the
:: email.
::
:: You can preload the email with a subject (or body, cc, or
:: bcc) by using the ? tag. However, the client can change
:: the subject if so desired.
::
:: mailto:[email protected]?subject=NotSpam
::
:: Mike
::
::
:: message ::: Hi, putting the text "mailto:" followed by address
::: into Location of Default hyperlink calls the new
::: Outlook Express message with that address in it. Great.
::: But is there any way to put initial words into the
::: Subject of this new message? I need it to fight spam
::: messages.
:::
::: Thank in advance,
::: AK

 

[MD Websunlimited]

Anatoly,

You may be opening yourself up to SPAM. Spammers mine web pages looking for mailto links which contain you email address.

You may wish to consider Spam Stopper to hide your mailto links.

http://www.websunlimited.com/order/Product/SpamStopper/spam_stopper_help_dir.htm