Help with Dreamweaver Email Form

[AlanAinslie]

I have set up my email form and it is working well, but what I really want is
in the action line to put some text in the subject line, and in the message
body.

I know how to get the text into the subject line
(mailto:me@mydomain.com?subject=Test), but am unsure how to put text into the
message body and I am sure I have seen it done - can anyone help me ?

Thanks in advance

[Murray *ACE*]

There are only two ways to process form data -

1. Use mailto:name@domain.com as the action of the form
2. Use a server-side scripting method to a) harvest the form's data, b)
process it in some manner, e.g., enter it into a database, c) formulate and
send an email to one or more email recipients, and d) redirect the visitor
to some ending page

Method 1 is quite simple, and is also the least reliable. It depends both
on your visitor having an email client already installed on their computer -
this eliminates public computers, or home users without email clients
installed (more and more it seems) - and on the installed email client
responding to
the mailto call. It is not possible to use this method *and* send the
visitor to a
thank you page as well.

Method 2 is the preferred method, since it eliminates the problems of method
1, but it means that you have to grapple with server-scripting somehow (ASP,
CF, PHP, perl, etc.).

You would have to decide which of these methods is best for your needs,
but if it's Method 2, then start by asking your host what they provide for
form
processing.

If you are determined to use method 1, then use this -

mailto:me@mydomain.com?subject=Test&body=this is your body message

--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"AlanAinslie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have set up my email form and it is working well, but what I really want
>is
> in the action line to put some text in the subject line, and in the
> message
> body.
>
> I know how to get the text into the subject line
> (mailto:me@mydomain.com?subject=Test), but am unsure how to put text into
> the
> message body and I am sure I have seen it done - can anyone help me ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>

[AlanAinslie]

Thanks for that - much appreciated.

[Murray *ACE*]

You're welcome.

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Adobe Community Expert
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"AlanAinslie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for that - much appreciated.