Linking to http://... works, mailto: ... doesn't

[PatriciaW]

Since it is possible to link to a web address (in full form http:// ....) from a field, I wondered if it would be possible to send an email by open a field containing an email address. I tried it in the correct HTML form (mailto:[email protected]) and it did not show any email option in the context menu. So I tried with //[email protected]" target="_blank and it did invoke my mail client but the address was: //[email protected] not [email protected].

Has anyone got this to work?

[Ted S]

I'm not on a Mac and don't know beans about 'em but on Windows you need to lose the slashes. The syntax is:

mailto:[email protected]

[Walter B]

using the Send Mail script step should invoke your email client on the Mac the same as it does in Windows.

[Ted S]

I don't use Send Mail. I use Send Event with the "mailto:" syntax because Send Mail seems to spawn a message sans the automatic signature. Send Event with "mailto:" populates the message with my default signature.

[Vaughan]

Use Open Url with Mailto.

[PatriciaW]

Vaughan,

I'm not sure whose posting this is in response to ... but in my original message I said that the syntax of the mailto:[email protected] made a difference. In my case if I entered it like this then I couldn't use the Open URL (assuming you mean using the right click on the field). It did not work unless I had the // as well.

Patricia