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Posted by Rebekha Ljoekelsoey on 03/14/06 13:46
"Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.62.0603141125520.26572@ppepc55.ph.gla.ac.uk...
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Rebekha Ljoekelsoey wrote:
>
> > Can I ask for clarification regarding hidden elements in forms and
> > the use of the mailto:
> >
> > I have recently been told that the inclusion of the mailto: will
> > render the form inoperative
>
> > <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="mailto:name@server.co.uk">
> >
> > Mailto: in the hidden field shouldn't be there are
> [as?]
> > it makes the form inoperable.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> That is obviously meaningless in the terms in which it is stated.
> "The form" will do nothing more nor less than submit an appropriate
> character-string value to the server. What then happens, depends on
> the server-side script, which is not in evidence here.
>
> > Mailto: should only be used in a normal email link.
>
> There isn't any "link" in evidence here - only a "form control" (to
> use the language of the HTML4 spec). Its value is just a string of
> characters - with no particular meaning until the server-side script
> does something with them, and thereby assigns them meaning.
>
> Maybe they're trying to tell you that the server-side script cannot
> process this value in its terms? We really have no idea.
>
> > Your comments would be warmly appreciated
>
> Then again, maybe your critic is confusing it with:
>
> <form ... action="mailto:...">
>
> which is surely not a good idea. Or maybe you are?
>
> By the way, it would be CRAZY to allow a script to accept an email
> address from an unidentified web user, and then send a mail to that
> address: that's called a "spam relay", and will cause severe
> headaches as soon as the usual suspects find it.
>
Thanks for this The Examining Board are insisting that the inclusion of
mailto: in the hidden section
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="mailto:name@server.co.uk">
of the form will render it inoperable and who are we to argue with the
Oxford and Cambridge Examining Board
Manny thanks for all your help
Rebekha Magne Ljoekelsoey
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