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Re: ShowURL mailto

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Subject: Re: ShowURL mailto
From: Dave <mrtoast at gmail dot com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:20:52 -0700
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It will work, but some users (such as myself) would find it annoying if it opened up Mail.app. Also, what happens if a user uses a webmail system (like Gmail or Hotmail)?

Here's what I would do:
If you have hosting that supports PHP or CGI or something like that, write a little script application to process form data and then send it via sendmail or whatever. Then in your app, use either an HTTPSocket or a shell with "curl" to send the data to the script, which will process it and then send the email to you.

That's much less obtrusive, almost entirely behind-the-scenes, and adds a "cool" factor to your program.

HTH,

Dave DeLong

On Mar 31, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Carl Adler wrote:

I have added a menu item under "Help" called "Contact" and in the Menu Handler I use ShowURL "mailto: ... ". It works but is it wise? This will be for OS X and because of the way the OS handles default applications there would seem to be no way that a user does not have a default email program. Any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.
Carl\

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