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May 27.2005

Is it possible to populate the subject line in an email from a form? mailto

The form goes to email not sever side?

Thank you in advance for your help! I know little about JAVASCRIPT. :p

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@denise1authorMay 27.2005 — This code blows the form away. Therefore, I want to know if there is any thing in JavaScrip I could use to keep the form in tact? Thanks


<form action="mailto:xxxxx" method="get" encType="text/plain" onsubmit="

this.subject = document.title;

return checkform(this);">

<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="This is my subject">
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@denise1authorMay 27.2005 — Any Comments!
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@denise1authorMay 27.2005 — method=post or method=get. I need some help. Thank you for your help.
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@felgallMay 27.2005 — Combining a form and a mailto address requires that the person using the form be running a browser that supports it (the latest ones don't) as well as having an email program linked to it (which many people do not). Either use a straight mailto link or a form calling a server side formtomail script if you want it to work for more people.
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@SpectreReturnsMay 28.2005 — mailto: uses get queries to populate its fields. Try:

mailto:[email protected]?subject=The+Subject
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@ddennisMay 27.2010 — Okay, but where to I place this mailto part in the document? And where is it pulling data from the form?

Thanks,

DD?
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