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Re: html contact email [message #181972 is a reply to message #181970]

Fri, 28 June 2013 19:31

Jerry Stuckle
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On 6/28/2013 3:16 PM, jans wrote:
> What is wrong with sending email through HTML? For example,
> <br />Customer Service
> <br /><a href="mailto:orders(at)tonbobio(dot)com" title="Email Tonbo Customer Service">orders(at)tonbobio(dot)com</a>
>
>
> This is just a random example I found on the internet but I like this format with the anchor and a customer is claiming it only sporadically works on my page. The page extension was php but I only had one included page, so I copied that page into my page and changed the extension to html.
>
> If the page extension was php instead of html would that cause my email to only work sporadically? Is there a way to format php sendmail without it being in a form just a simple email address in an anchor? Thanks,
>

It's bad for two reasons. First of all, it requires the user to use
their own email program. Many users out there only use webmail from
Yahoo, GMail or similar, and don't have a separate email program.

Worse, is it displays your email address on the internet, to be easily
harvested by spammers.

Related note: I'll never forget the time when, during a several-day
power outage, I took my laptop to the local library to use their WiFi.
I found they had the usual POP3, IMAP, etc. ports blocked so I couldn't
fetch email. I mentioned it to the person next to me (who was doing the
same thing). A lady overheard our conversation and said she had no
problem getting her email. But all she knew was Yahoo mail, and had no
concept of another email program - even MS Outlook.

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		html contact email By: jans on Fri, 28 June 2013 19:16
		Re: html contact email By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 28 June 2013 19:31
		Re: html contact email By: Peter H. Coffin on Fri, 28 June 2013 19:28
		Re: html contact email By: jans on Fri, 28 June 2013 20:39
		Re: html contact email By: Christoph Michael Bec on Fri, 28 June 2013 20:50
		Re: html contact email By: jans on Fri, 28 June 2013 20:51
		Re: html contact email By: Doug Miller on Fri, 28 June 2013 21:11
		Re: html contact email By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 28 June 2013 21:21
		OT [Re: html contact email] By: Luuk on Fri, 28 June 2013 21:47
		Re: OT [Re: html contact email] By: jans on Fri, 28 June 2013 22:17
		Re: OT [Re: html contact email] By: Timothy on Fri, 28 June 2013 22:52
		Re: OT [Re: html contact email] By: bill on Sat, 29 June 2013 22:11
		Re: OT [Re: html contact email] By: Timothy on Sun, 30 June 2013 10:46
		Re: OT [Re: html contact email] By: bill on Sun, 30 June 2013 23:59
		[OT] mailto: (was: OT) By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Fri, 28 June 2013 23:34
		Re: [OT] mailto: (was: OT) By: jans on Fri, 28 June 2013 23:43
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 29 June 2013 00:37
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 29 June 2013 00:40
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 29 June 2013 02:29
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Christoph Michael Bec on Wed, 10 July 2013 00:20
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 10 July 2013 20:14
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sun, 14 July 2013 22:06
		Re: [OT] mailto: By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 14 July 2013 22:45
		Re: [OT] mailto: (was: OT) By: Denis McMahon on Sat, 29 June 2013 16:46
		Re: html contact email By: bill on Sat, 29 June 2013 22:06
		Re: html contact email By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 29 June 2013 22:24
		Re: html contact email By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Sat, 29 June 2013 22:59
		Re: html contact email By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 30 June 2013 00:12
		Re: html contact email By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Sun, 30 June 2013 00:31
		Re: html contact email By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 30 June 2013 02:31
		Re: html contact email By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Sun, 30 June 2013 02:39
		Re: html contact email By: Peter H. Coffin on Sun, 30 June 2013 00:37
		Re: html contact email By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 30 June 2013 10:55
		Re: html contact email By: bill on Sun, 30 June 2013 23:52
		Re: html contact email By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 01 July 2013 00:25
		Re: html contact email By: bill on Sat, 29 June 2013 22:37
		Re: html contact email By: Richard Damon on Sun, 30 June 2013 01:34
		Re: html contact email By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 30 June 2013 11:00
		+1 Re: html contact email By: bill on Mon, 01 July 2013 00:07
		Re: html contact email By: bill on Mon, 01 July 2013 00:03

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