Microsoft KB Archive/188019

= INFO: Internet Explorer 4 MAILTO Protocol Parameters =

Article ID: 188019

Article Last Modified on 8/29/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q188019



SUMMARY
You can use the MAILTO protocol under Internet Explorer to create a hyperlink that opens the clients e-mail system. This article describes the different parameters you can use with the MAILTO protocol.



MORE INFORMATION
The format for the MAILTO protocol is as follows:

MAILTO:Recipients&Parameters

The Recipients field can be blank, a single e-mail address, or multiple e- mail addresses separated by semicolons.

The Parameters are optional and have to be separated by an ampersand (&). Parameters appear in a name/value pair format. Following is the list of parameters available in Internet Explorer:   PARAMETER     DESCRIPTION -    --

CC=          Carbon copy BCC=         Blind carbon copy SUBJECT=     Subject text BODY=        Body text Because all the data is passed in the URL, the characters used must be Internet safe characters. Use a %0d for a line feed. Use a %20 for a space NOTE: using plus (+) sign does not work in this protocol.

Here is sample HTML that demonstrates using the MAILTO protocol:   

 Click Here To Invoke Mail 

  NOTE: Your e-mail client may behave differently than described above. Internet Explorer passes the mailto: string directly to the default mail application. The mail application can parse the string in whatever way it wants. Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express parse the string as described above.

Additional query words: kbIE401sp1 kbIE400 kbIE401

Keywords: kbinfo KB188019

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