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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/25/06 11:11
Shelly wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:mMmdnbxEQK61o6LYnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>>Shelly wrote:
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>>>I am looking for suggestions for the best way to do this. I can hack it
>>>out to make it happen, but I thought I would make use of the expertise to
>>>do it the best way.
>>>
>>>I have a form with a drop-down list of users. I want to use a button to
>>>send mail to the user that is currently showing in the drop-down list.
>>>When this button is pressed, I want the user's default email program to
>>>come up with the email address of that person filled in. (the email
>>>addresses are in the database and can be retrieved easily).
>>>
>>
>>No you don't. This will expose the user's email address to the world.
>>These will quickly be harvested by 'bots and your users' email addresses
>>sold to spammers. Don't ever display an email address on a webpage.
>
>
> I wasn't planning to do that! I only display the username. When the user
> (the owner of the site -- not technically saavy) clicks to send an email to
> that client, the email address is obtained from the database and stuffed
> into the mailer routine.
>
"When this button is pressed, I want the user's default email program.."
To send email from the user's email program, you will need to expose
the client's email to the spambots. You do NOT want to do this.
>
>>>I can go to the process of having a separate mail form with a text box
>>>and gathering all the info and then using mail() to send it. Or, I can
>>>have the button exercise some code that runs separate window and
>>>exercises a mailto in the html area with the address filled out and then
>>>kills the window, leaving the user's email reader up there.
>>>
>>>Both seem rather cumbersome. Is there an easier way?
>>>
>>>Shelly
>>
>>Use the form. Your textbox can be on the same page or another one.
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>
> Two votes for the form -- you and Rik. I trust you guys so I'll go the form
> route. I just thought it would be sexier to have his email program brought
> up.
>
> Shelly
>
>
Personally, I don't think so. But it is a LOT more dangerous!
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