The Reason I ask about ASCII carriage return

I master a web site and have found a way to create a link which will create
a new mail for the user with the address, of course, but also info in the
subject line and some text in the body already filled out.

For example, click on this fictitious email link:

<mailto:ar...@aol.zom?subject=This%20works%20?body=How%20about%20that>.


Now, ideally, what I would like to do is create a link which can
automatically create numerous lines of text in the body to be used as a
membership form.

I know that there are other ways to do this same thing but this is what I
wish to try now.

It needs to be dual platform.

So, the end result will be an addressed email with the subject "Membership
App" and the first few lines of the body of the mail will be...

Name:

Address:

City, ST, Zip:

Can anyone give me further guidance or is this not an ASCII question? (I
think it is)

Best,

Dan

Daniel R. Stra <dan...@home.zom> wrote in message news:EBwZ3.13872$ra7...@news1.wwck1.ri.home.com...
> I master a web site and have found a way to create a link which will create
> a new mail for the user with the address, of course, but also info in the
> subject line and some text in the body already filled out.
>
> For example, click on this fictitious email link:
>
> <mailto:ar...@aol.zom?subject=This%20works%20?body=How%20about%20that>.
>
>
> Now, ideally, what I would like to do is create a link which can
> automatically create numerous lines of text in the body to be used as a
> membership form.
>
> I know that there are other ways to do this same thing but this is what I
> wish to try now.
>
> It needs to be dual platform.
>
> So, the end result will be an addressed email with the subject "Membership
> App" and the first few lines of the body of the mail will be...
>
> Name:
>
> Address:
>
> City, ST, Zip:
>
> Can anyone give me further guidance or is this not an ASCII question? (I
> think it is)
>
> Best,
>
> Dan

I dunno. Write to Veronica.

JRO

JRO wrote:
> <snip>
> I dunno. Write to Veronica.

Isn't the smart thing to do when you *don't* know the answer to a
question to - not answer...? And no, I don't want a bunch of newbies to
send me all their FAQs.


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   .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
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Daniel R. Stra wrote:
<snip>
> <mailto:ar...@aol.zom?subject=This%20works%20?body=How%20about%20that>.
<snip>
> 
> Can anyone give me further guidance or is this not an ASCII question? (I
> think it is)

No, this is not an ASCII question. It is an HTML question. It is even a
Frequently Asked HTML Question. IOW, the answer can be found in the HTML
FAQ:

  http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/all.html#mailto-subject

Apparently the method you suggest is particularly evil since for some
users the result will be that an email appears to be sent off (from the
user's POV) but it is not. If the FAQ is not enough info for you, try
searching Deja (at http://www.deja.com/ ) for any of the many, many past
threads on this subject in the newsgroup
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html


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    (,         http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/
    /|__--__                       .                        __--__
    |\ '__                        /|\                        _{ _ 
    `.' / `.,_ _________           |           _________ _,.' (/ `.
    /  ||``._.'             ASCII ART CHAT!             `---'|:||,/
  .'   /|                                                   /|:| \
.'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
 ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
   .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
 ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
- `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -

> Can anyone give me further guidance or is this not an ASCII question? (I
> think it is)

No it is not .. And it should be quite clear to most.
We discus and make ascii-ART.
This question is better dealt with in a HTML/web discussion group.

But i did try your link ... And though i am aware that it will work in some browsers it will
not work in all.

I used IE 5 and it did not work.

<A HREF="mailto:htm...@newbie.hell?subject=This%20doesnt%20work?body=go%20figure..">Send a
mail</A>

I suggest you do not use it.

If you still wish to use it - I reckon that a %0D%0A would do the trick .. see the thread YOU
started !

Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote in message news:383...@earthling.net...
> JRO wrote:
> > <snip>
> > I dunno. Write to Veronica.
>
> Isn't the smart thing to do when you *don't* know the answer to a
> question to - not answer...? And no, I don't want a bunch of newbies to
> send me all their FAQs.

Well, you could use something to do.


JRO

Veronica,

Thank you for the referential URL. It was appreciated.

Best,

Dan

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In article <383...@earthling.net>, Veronica Karlsson
<aci...@earthling.net> wrote:


> Daniel R. Stra wrote:
> <snip>
>> <mailto:ar...@aol.zom?subject=This%20works%20?body=How%20about%20that>.
> <snip>
>>
>> Can anyone give me further guidance or is this not an ASCII question? (I
>> think it is)
>
> No, this is not an ASCII question. It is an HTML question. It is even a
> Frequently Asked HTML Question. IOW, the answer can be found in the HTML
> FAQ:
>
>   http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/all.html#mailto-subject
>
> Apparently the method you suggest is particularly evil since for some
> users the result will be that an email appears to be sent off (from the
> user's POV) but it is not. If the FAQ is not enough info for you, try
> searching Deja (at http://www.deja.com/ ) for any of the many, many past
> threads on this subject in the newsgroup
> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
>
>
> --
>     (,         http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/
>     /|__--__                       .                        __--__
>     |\ '__                        /|\                        _{ _
>     `.' / `.,_ _________           |           _________ _,.' (/ `.
>     /  ||``._.'             ASCII ART CHAT!             `---'|:||,/
>   .'   /|                                                   /|:| \
> .'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
>  ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
>    .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
>  ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
> - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -