Default email - predetermined Subject line

[Madness]

I'm new at this - please excuse my ignorance!

How do I get a predetermined subject line when opening the default email software like Outlook or Outlook Express?

Thanks!

[DavidN]

If you're opening the email client by using an emailto with the Vitalize object, you can do it with:

mailto:someone@somewhere.com?subject:Sausages,+Plants+and+Goldfish

[Madness]

Thanks for the advice - however, it does not work. I have "mailto:someone@somewhere.com?subject:Sausages,+Pl ants+and+Goldfish?" and only the email address appears in Outlook - no subject line.

[DanielRehn]

I think it should be subject=Sausages...
replace the : with an =

[DavidN]

Oh, so it is - I don't know how I mistyped that.

It looks like there's some disagreement as to the safest way to give an email a subject, and Netscape was the one to blame for it...

http://www.sightspecific.com/~mosh/WWW_FAQ/mailsubj.html

[Dynasoft]

Internet Explorer and Firefox both support the mailto:person@website?subject=meow syntax, which covers 99% of browsers. I'd be surprised if any browser with more than 0.001% marketshare didn't support it.

EDIT: Here is a page explaining the different options you can add to the mailto: line: http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html

[Madness]

I have now found the correct code with all the possible functionality (at least for Outlook);

"mailto:your@email.address?cc=jose@email.address&b cc=john@email.address&subject=Comments about the color blue&body=The following is everything I have to say about the color blue ......"

Thank you very much for the advice and pointers! :grin: