The much-maligned mailto url I have found useful through the years, despite the statements of experts that not everyone can use it. It works in all the browsers I've used and -- in my opiinion -- is superior to a mail form because you get an automatic record of what you sent. When I write to my senator using the mailform on his webpage, I wont have a record unless I laboriously make a copy and figure out whre to file it so I can find it when I want it. If he had a mailto link, the copy would be right where I keep copies in my email program.


So... how to do it? Read about it at ViewSource, a Netscape developer website.

Unleashing the Power of mailto URLs

The mailto URL is extremely useful but sadly underutilized.Of particular interest is the ability to preformat a message by supplyingthings like the subject line of the message in the URL. You can specifywho should be copied (cc) or blind-copied (bcc), and even fill out thebody of a message! In this article, we'll look at how to take advantageof these powerful features of mailto URLs. more...

-- posted by Palema on 3/03/2004