HTML - Mailto Issue

Hi,
I reciently built a site where I included a mailto: link. I placed it in my code using the dropdown menu in Dreamweaver. I have never used the dropdown before and this time the link doesn't work. Can any one tell me why?
Here is a link to the site, www.yatchstuff.com see the contact page.
Thank you in advance.
Quicpic

Can I make it so that there is a text box and when someone enters something into the textbox and submit it, it will mail to my email..

Thanks in advance.

And also, hey everyone.. My first post here

Hi all I'm trying to create a website on the intranet at work and want to place a link that when clicked will open an email to an unknown email address (one that will change form one use to another) and have a specific file attached to that email. I have spent the past few days looking all around the web and have found conflicting information some things say that you can do it and others say that you can't.

I have been using this code...

mailto:name@domain.com?subject=requested file&attachment=""f:\test.txt""

when i do this i get it to open an email with no attachment or i get an error message that i can't recreate right now but it is something to the toon of "invaild comand line. check the switch you are using"

any help or solutions that would be great. If this can't be done with mailto can it be done another way? i'm using html and trying to open the emial in outlook 2003

thanks
Nick

Hey all,

I've never had problems with this before, but I can't figure out where I've gone wrong. I am trying to use a simple mailto action on my form, but I am not receiving any email to a number of email addresses (which i have been trying one at a time ). I have checked my spam folders/filters.

Any help would be appreciated. Here is the code (with my email address removed) - I have not really done any formatting:

Code:

<form method="post" action="mailto:me@me.com">
Name: <input type="text" name="Name" size="20"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email" size="20"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Thank you for your time!

guys, im having an issue with my mailto form iv pasted the code bellow:

basicly the form dosent seem to be working correctly... i dont have the email arrive in my inbox!!

http://www.bristolheatingsolutions.co.uk/contact.html


Code:

<FORM action="mailto:Patrick@bristolheatingsolutions.co.uk" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
  <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="4" WIDTH="90%">
  <TR>
  <TD width="30%"><DIV align="right">
  <B>Name :</B>
  </DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD width="70%">
  <INPUT type="text" name="name" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right"><B>Address :</B></DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="text" name="address" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right"><B>Town :</B></DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="text" name="town" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right"><B>Post Code :</B></DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="text" name="postcode" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right"><B>Home Tel :</B></DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="text" name="house Tel" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right"><B>Mobile Tel :</B></DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="text" name="mobile tel" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right"><B>Email Address :</B></DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="text" name="email address" size="50">
  </TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
  <TD><DIV align="right">
  <B>Comment:</B>
  </DIV>
  </TD>
  <TD><textarea name="comment" cols="50" wrap="virtual" rows="4">
</textarea></TD></TR>
  <TR>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>
  <INPUT type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
  <INPUT type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset">
  </TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  </FORM>

Hi Guys,

The links on my page automatically open the persons default web client, which is usually set to Outlook Express. Most people don't change their settings to use their preferred client, such as gmail or hotmail, when opening links so I was wondering is there a way of getting around this such as a code that will open up gmail or other clients.

Thanks

HTML Code:

<center><a href="mailto:me@myemail.com?subject=Hello World&body=Hi, How are you?"><img src="myimage.jpg" border="0" alt="Barry's Tea Me"></a>
</center>

I have no idea on how to create a mailto form. I want the user to be able to send information to me, and I want an automated, automatic reply to be sent back to them. I am not looking for anyone to do it for me. Just tell me where I can read up on it.

Hi, I have recently got a book on HTML and XHTML, and I was looking at forms. I would like a form to send the info to my e-mail: Rautoner@hotmail.co.uk , but whenever I try it, it asks if I would like to send it / security warning (which I don't want) and then it opens the url: mailto:Rautoner@hotmail.co.uk (which is wrong). Can anybody fix this?
Code:

<form action="mailto:Rautoner@hotmail.co.uk" method="post">
Name:<input type="text" name="Name">
Age:<input type="text" name="Age">
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>

ok.
this is my code
Code:

<html>
<body>

<h3>This form sends an e-mail to W3Schools.</h3>

<form action="MAILTO:(?)" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
Contact:<br />
<form action="">
<select name="names">
<option value="***@hotmail.com">Trevor</option>
<option value="***@hotmail.com">Nick</option>
<option value="***@hotmail.com">Sam</option>
</select>
</form>
<br/>
Name:<br />
<input type="text" name="name"
value="your name" size="30" />
<br />
Your e-mail:<br />
<input type="text" name="mail"
value="your e-mail" size="30" />
<br />
Comment:<br />
<input type="text" name="comment"
value="your comment" size="40" />
<br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
<input type="reset" value="Reset" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

as you can see i am trying to send a email to the three adresses though a drop down menu.
the (?) is where im not sure what to put.
any ideas?

Hi,

I am using af simple mailto funktion but is it possible that i will send the same message to more than one person?

<form action="mailto:xxx@lxxx.com?subject=Besked fra CNC-Spindel" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
<table><tr><td>
Navn: <INPUT NAME="Navn" TYPE="text" SIZE=20><BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="Besked" ROWS=10 COLS=45></TEXTAREA><BR>

</td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" value="Send Besked" style="color: #ffffff; background-color: #000000">
</td></tr></table>
</FORM>

Heya Guys,

I am new to web creation and i am using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to create my websites. I have got a hot spot on a webpage and i want to use mailto to create a new e-mail when the hotspot is clicked on. I have figured out how to get the e-mail to open using the following html (which dreamweaver has created based on the link i typed in):

<area shape="rect" coords="573,154,633,175" href="mailto:frosty16@hotmail.co.uk" />

However i was wondering what i had to do to have something come up in the subject field as well

Can anyone help?

Hi there,

I searched online for instructions on how to set the From field of an email from the mailto hyperlink, but there is nothing out there. Is it simply not possible?

Thanks,
Emmi

So I understand that HTML Mailto forms don't work unless they go through the CGI Script directory of my server first. I called my server to ask them... And they definitely didn't understand what I was asking.

Is there a way I can talk to them about how to get this HTML mailto form working properly without using HTML language? Since they pretty much don't understand it, anyway. Or is there a way I can find that information online? I don't see why they didn't understand... It says right in the package I bought for my domain that there is a CGI directory included.

I am in charge of an internal training website at work and I want to know if I have any options with my forms.

The quiz has been created in a form and it is currently setup when you hit submit your responses are mailed to your supervisor. In order to this the same quiz has to be duplicated 15 times for each supervisor. This also has to be done for each quiz, which of which there are about 20.

I want to know if there is a way to create a form an option to chose from various different recipients. Therefore I will only have to create one quiz and they will have an option to chose from the 15 supervisors listed.

I know mailto: is not recommended but up to now it has worked fine. All users will be on Internet explorer 6.

Any ideas?

I have the following link, which according to my research, is correct but throws up an error. However, I may very well have missed something obvious:

Code:

<a href="mailto:emailaddress@gmail.com?subject=BME%20Sponsorship%20Opportunities&body=Please%20contact%20me%20regarding%20Bendigo%20Motorcycle%20Expo%20Sponsorship%20opportunities.%0A%0AMy%20contact%20details%20are%20as%20follows:%0A%0AName:%0A%0ATel:%0A%0AEmail:%0A%0AThanks.">

When the link is selected, the mail window opens with the correct details in the subject line and the body but the following within the 'To' email address field:

Code:

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'> <!-- var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy48579 = 'emailaddress' + '@'; addy48579 = addy48579 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; document.write( '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy48579 + '\'>' ); document.write( addy48579 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //-->\n </script> <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'> <!-- document.write( '<span style=\'display: none;\'>' ); //--> </script>This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'> <!-- document.write( '</' ); document.write( 'span>' ); //--> </script>

This is placed in an article in Joomla which accepts HTML but I'm not convinced it's related to the CMS.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.