Mailto link using the &

[The Chancer]

Having a little problem with mailto: and a generic E-Mail address using the & symbol.

The code:

<a href="mailto:bob&jim@home.com">

doesn't work - nor does

<a href="mailto:bob&amp;jim@home.com">

Is there a way round this ?

Thanks.

The Chancer.
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Occasionally I might be right.

[meow]

Do you actually have an email address with an ampersand in it or are you trying to CC a second address? :p
If the latter it is:

<a href="mailto:bob@example.com?cc=jim@example.com">

Never trust a mailto to work though. Especially not fancy fancy features.

[The Chancer]

The E-Mail address does have an ampersand (&) included in it.

I have a feeling it is not possible to do this with a mailto link.. and a formmail or cgi script is out of the question. :-(

[meow]

:eek: I didn't know & was a legit character in an email address.

My email client (Eudora) accepts the mailto in the form you have it but I would at least escape it with &amp;amp;. See if that helps.

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Sorry! Forgot that vBull parses entities. :o

[Charles]

You have two escaping options, &amp;amp; and %26.

[The Chancer]

I have tried different ways for it, but no joy with Outlook... and it needs to be cross platform...

Looks like I'll have to get the E-Mail addresses changed..

Thanks anyway

The attached file shows the fill details of the mailto link..

[The Chancer]

Charles,

Many Thanks

%26 works like a dream...

:D

[meow]

Great! Good to know. :)