How to Solve the Mailto Dilemma. Using mailto in the form's action relys on the user's software. Worded differently, it relys on client-side software. , HTML e-mail, sending attachments with the e-mail, and security issues. Once you have the knowledge, you can have a lot of control over the processing. When a user clicks on the Mailto link, the default email client on the visitor's computer opens and suggests sending a message to the email address mentioned in the Mailto link. To create a Mailto link, you need to use the HTML tag with its href attribute, and insert a "mailto:" parameter after it, like the following: MAILTO: and attachments (too old to reply) Stephen Ibbs 2005-02-04 16:52:58 UTC. Permalink. I am using MAILTO: and shellexecute to send emails from a vfp app. Is it html form without mailto? started 2011-02-05 17:49:28 UTC. programming & design. 4 . replies . Can anyone help me with HTML/JavaScript mailto? attachment and then when a user clicks on send intercept that form and recreate the email on the server and add a file to it? No, you are confusing mailto: (which runs exclusively on the client) with server-side mailing functionality (which runs exclusively on the server). Instead, have a form that is submitted to the server, and the server-side Solved: I have this section of sending an email that works well, but I would like users to send pdf or images they have on their cell phone How do I What is a mailto link? Mailto link is a hyperlink that allows user to send an email to a specific address directly from an HTML document, without having to copy and enter it into an email client like Gmail or Outlook. First we will look at the "link part" of the mailto link and then put it inside HTML tags. Start with mailto: For a small project, I had to create a smart mailto link to make my life a bit easier. I wanted the mailto link to hold not only a to and the subject (I'd figured that much out) but a multi-lined body too. Turns out that is pretty darn easy to do. So, for my own reference, and yours, here's a complete overview of everything possible with a mailto link. form action:mailto & attachments. pjbyrne asked on 3/30/2003. HTML. 4 Comments 1 Solution 783 Views Last Modified: 5/18/2010. Hi I have two questions: 1. How secure and reliable is the method of placing attachments using the form action mailto:? If so, an answer to question 2 would be helpful. attach.html, the HTML form attach.mailto, the config file The two template files, accept.html.skel and reject.html.skel are the same as in the previous examples. Details About Using mailto The mailto script requires four different files: An HTML file with a form A mailto config file A confirmation skeleton file An error skeleton file mailto HTML Tag. A mailto link is the type of HTML hyperlink that redirects the programmer to a default mail client with a predefined recipient address. When the user clicks on the mailto to generate a link, the default mail client opens on the user's computer to send an email. The mail client has predefined parameters such as Cc, Bcc, subject and body content, that are used to send email to The form must be set to MIME for the attachment input item to have a shot at working. The button will always pop up a dialog box to attach a file. That function will always be available, but without the ENCTYPE MIME setting, the form won't send the attachment. Now that input tag… The Input Tag The basic input format is retained. Follow the step