Template Tutorial
Template

ES Mailing Lists

List Guidance

Web Guidance

Mailto:

• It automatically generates an email message window for the user.
• You can specify CC:("carbon copy") - so as to send the message to more than one person
• You can automatically fill in the subject line allowing you to set up mail filters
  TOOLS - MESSAGE RULES - MAIL in Outlook Express
  EDIT - MESSAGE FILTERS in Netscape Mail
  

A basic mailto:

<A href="mailto:whoever@wherever.ac.uk">Click here</a>

produces:- Click here

Adding a copy (CC:) field:

e.g.

<A href="mailto:whoever@wherever.ac.uk
?cc=whoeverelse@wherever.ac.uk?">
Click here </a>

produces:- Click here

Substitute bcc for cc in above for bcc.

Adding a Subject field:

e.g.

<a href="mailto:whoever@wherever.ac.uk
?subject=Whatever%20you%20want">
Click here</a>

produces:- Click here

N.B. if using multiple options
the first extra field is prefixed with a ? and subsequent ones with an &

e.g. An example of several options at once:

to send an email message with the subject "Whatever you want"
to whoever@wherever.ac.uk and whoeverelse@wherever.ac.uk

<a href="mailto:whoever@wherever.ac.uk
?cc=whoeverelse@wherever.ac.uk
&subject=Whatever%20you%20want">
Click here</a>

produces:- Click here

Adding a text to a Message:

<a href="mailto:whoever@wherever.ac.uk
?subject=Whatever%20you%20want
&body=Help%20I'm%20stuck%20in%20a%20web%20page">
Click here</a>

produces:- Click here

Automated Message Procedure:

JavaScript to include current URL in body:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- 

document.write ("<a href='mailto:w@w.ac.uk?subject=P&body=Re%20"+location.href+"'>Here</a>")

// -->
</script>

Email address encoding page:

Available offsite: Here
and with more fields Here.