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Send email without CGITag(s): Varia


Works with Netscape. The important thing is to NAME all the INPUT. The browser will prompt the user that an email is about to be sent. 
<FORM METHOD=POST
      ACTION="mailto:someone@somewhere.com"
      ENCTYPE="text/plain">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" VALUE="1234" name="score">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" VALUE="Mr. Smith" name="player">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
To set the subject : 
ACTION="MAILTO:SOMEONE@SOMEWHERE.COM?SUBJECT=AUTOMATIC_EMAIL"
To send a Carbon Copy of the message to a second person, use the "cc" parameter : 
<FORM METHOD=POST
      ACTION="mailto:someone@somewhere.com?subject=important&cc=someoneelse@somewhere.com"
      ENCTYPE="text/plain">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
While you can use a FORM to define the message body, it's also possible to define the body directly in the mailto: URL : 
mailto:someone@somewhere.com?body=HelloWorld
Thanks to Aneesha Bakharia for the following tip :

I've seen Javascript being used to neatly format form data so that it can be received in a readable manner. This tip achieves a similar outcome but requires no Javascript at all. Simply add ENCTYPE="text/plain" into the opening form tag. Remember to name all your form elements. Here is the HTML for a sample form you could use to hire me as a web developer: 

      <form METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="text/plain"
      action="mailto:bakharia@squirrel.com.au">
      <input type="hidden" name="Type of Form" value="Employment">
      <table border="0" width="80%">
      <tr>
      <td width="197" valign="top">
      <b>Enter Your Name:</b></td>
      <td width="462">
      <input type="text" name="Name" SIZE="50" MAXLENGTH="50">
      </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td width="197" valign="top">
      <b>Enter your Email address:</b>
      </td>
      <td width="462">
      <input type="text" name="Email" SIZE="50" MAXLENGTH="50">
      </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td width="197"  valign="top">
      <b>Your Request:</b>
      </td>
      <td width="462">
      <textarea name="Comment" wrap="physical" rows="7" cols="48">
      </textarea>
      </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td width="535" colspan="2">
      <b><div align="center"><center><p></b>
      <input type="submit" VALUE="Send Form">
      <input type="reset" Value="Reset Form">
      </td>
      </tr>
      </table>
      </form>
Here is what your email will look like: 
      Type of Form=Employment
      Name=Your Name goes here
      Email=Your email address here too
      Comment=Make a comment
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