Posted by Toby Inkster on 09/10/05 02:15

jim evans wrote:

> I'm not using it on the web, I'm using it in a program of mine and I'm
> using it to send diagnostic data. When the program encounters errors, I
> collect diagnostic data and want to send it to me in an email.

So for what do you need a "mailto:" link?

Collect the data up and send it off using something like "blat" (Google
for it), or your own SMTP routines. Don't pass the data via a "mailto:"
link to the user's own e-mail client -- you'll only end up giving *them* a
chance to screw the data up.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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