A question about mailto: formatting

[learninghtml]

Hi,
I have searched the threads concerning entering 'subject' and 'body' info. into a 'mailto:' statement. I've used what was suggested and it seems to work but....

1. An extra CR/LF is added BEFORE the body text. Why?
How do I get rid of it?

2. Can I format the font etc. of the body text using
the 'mailto:' statement?

My existing and functional version obtained from a thread in this forum (A test so not yet published) below...

<a href="mailto:webmaster@codsalldramaticsociety.co.uk?subject=CDS%20Website%20(www.codsalldramaticsociety.co .uk)&body=Dear%20Webmaster,">webmaster@codsalldramaticsociety.co.uk</a>


P.S. I have just read the guidelines on posting. So I have edited my post accordingly (I hope). I agree with it entirely, I know bits of javascript and HTML and try to help with the simpler problems and it can be a trial trying to understand someone's code!

[Khalid Ali]

if you use mailto protocole for forms action attribute,you are stuck with whatever browsers is defaulted to show to you.
FOr better email formatting you can use server side coding.

[learninghtml]

Hi Khalid,
Thanks for that. I will do a search of the forums to find out how to create server-side email. I assume it would be similar to a posting a form and processing it with a cgi script?

Thanks again.

[The Cheat]

Originally posted by learninghtml
Hi Khalid,
Thanks for that. I will do a search of the forums to find out how to create server-side email. I assume it would be similar to a posting a form and processing it with a cgi script?
Yep you gotta write a script to handle the form. Using Php would probably be the easiest way.