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getURL Mailto with no default mail program

chris elliott
4/12/2005 12:00:00 AM

macromedia flash sitedesign:

I'm trying to create a mailto button that traps if a user doesn't have a default mail program. The logic is that many of the users of my web-site don't install Outlook or Outlook express, and use something like hotmail or MSN mail directly from a browser.
What I would like to be able to do is to either trap the fact that the mailto command has failed because there isn't a default e-mail program, or (preferably) find out if there is a problem before issueing the mailto command.

I can't believe that this is a unique problem - has anyone solved it to date?

Many thanks

Chris

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Re: getURL Mailto with no default mail program

Anthony Brown
4/12/2005 1:18:56 PM

I create a "contact us" form, and pass the variables to either an *.asp or
*.cfm page for proccessing with CDONTS or ASPMail (whatever is the loaded
component on the server at the time) for emailing.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Anthony

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