INFO: Internet Explorer 4 MAILTO Protocol Parameters

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The format for the MAILTO protocol is as follows: The Recipients field can be blank, a single e-mail address, or multiple e- mail addresses separated by semicolons (;).

The Parameters are optional and have to be separated by an ampersand (&). Parameters appear in a name/value pair format. Following is the list of parameters available in Internet Explorer:

   PARAMETER     DESCRIPTION
   ---------     ------------------

   CC=           Carbon copy
   BCC=          Blind carbon copy
   SUBJECT=      Subject text
   BODY=         Body text
				

Because all the data is passed in the URL, the characters used must be Internet safe characters. Use a %0d for a line feed. Use a %20 for a space NOTE: using plus (+) sign does not work in this protocol.

Here is sample HTML that demonstrates using the MAILTO protocol:

   <HTML>
   <HEAD></HEAD>
   <BODY>

   <A HREF="mailto:email1;email2&cc=email3?subject=Subject%20
           text&body=Body%0dText">
   Click Here To Invoke Mail
   </A>

   </BODY>
   </HTML>
				

NOTE: Your e-mail client may behave differently than described above. Internet Explorer passes the mailto: string directly to the default mail application. The mail application can parse the string in whatever way it wants. Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express parse the string as described above.