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| From | Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: html contact email |
| Date | 2013-06-29 18:37 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <kqnnk5$qsa$3@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 2013-06-28 4:39 PM, jans wrote:
>
>
> On Friday, June 28, 2013 12:16:28 PM UTC-7, jans wrote:
>> What is wrong with sending email through HTML? For example,
>>
>> <br />Customer Service
>>
>> <br /><a href="mailto:orders@tonbobio.com" title="Email Tonbo Customer Service">
orders@tonbobio.com</a>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This is just a random example I found on the internet but I like this format with the anchor and a customer
is claiming it only sporadically works on my page. The page extension
was php but I only had one included page,
so I copied that page into my page and changed the extension to html.
>>
>>
>>
>> If the page extension was php instead of html would that cause my email to only work sporadically?
Is there a way to format php sendmail without it being in a form
just a simple email address in an
anchor? Thanks,
>
> thanks for both replies for my info, I was instructed to do it this way then they didn't like it
because a customer complained. I never used mailto before. I will
never know if it was sporadic
if it was because of the php extension but maybe that shouldn't matter.
>
This has turned into a pretty long thread that's not going in the
direction you need. Lots of advice, much of it good, but little to let
you point yourself in a good direction. I'm no guru by any means, but
here are my opinions:
1. Mail-to is a poor way to go. In general mailto links are easily
scraped to steal addresses for spam lists and worse because the keep all
the information out in the open. They're easy to compromise.
2. IMO the PHP language is a great way to go as you can have files on
the server which do many things, including providing security for e-mail
addresses and any personal information you may store.
3. You don't mention your OS that I noticed, but the PHP mailto()
function will implement server-side scripts what no one else can see or
get at if it's written with good enough security. All the important
work happens on the server where it's not visible to hackers and doesn't
show up in ANY HTML code that a "view source" displays.
IMO again, the best places to start learning about PHP would be:
1. php.net/manual/en/index.php <----------- more or less a bible on PHP
2. www.w3schools.com/ <---- good tutorials, etc. More "plain language"
than the "manual". Testable examples, etc.
3. Newsgroup This one
4. and finally, a good forum:
https://webservices.thesba.com/forum/index.php
Luck!
Twayne`
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html contact email jans <janis.rough@gmail.com> - 2013-06-28 12:16 -0700
Re: html contact email Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-28 15:31 -0400
Re: html contact email "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-06-28 14:28 -0500
Re: html contact email jans <janis.rough@gmail.com> - 2013-06-28 13:39 -0700
Re: html contact email Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-28 22:50 +0200
Re: html contact email jans <janis.rough@gmail.com> - 2013-06-28 13:51 -0700
Re: html contact email Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2013-06-28 21:11 +0000
Re: html contact email Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-28 17:21 -0400
OT [Re: html contact email] Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2013-06-28 23:47 +0200
Re: OT [Re: html contact email] jans <janis.rough@gmail.com> - 2013-06-28 15:17 -0700
Re: OT [Re: html contact email] Timothy <timothy@nospam.tdl> - 2013-06-28 22:52 +0000
Re: OT [Re: html contact email] Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-29 18:11 -0400
Re: OT [Re: html contact email] Timothy <timothy@nospam.tdl> - 2013-06-30 10:46 +0000
Re: OT [Re: html contact email] Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-30 19:59 -0400
[OT] mailto: (was: OT) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-29 01:34 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: (was: OT) jans <janis.rough@gmail.com> - 2013-06-28 16:43 -0700
Re: [OT] mailto: Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-29 02:37 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-29 02:40 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-29 04:29 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-07-10 02:20 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-07-10 22:14 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-07-15 00:06 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-07-15 00:45 +0200
Re: [OT] mailto: (was: OT) Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-29 16:46 +0000
Re: html contact email Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-29 18:06 -0400
Re: html contact email Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-29 18:24 -0400
Re: html contact email "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2013-06-29 22:59 +0000
Re: html contact email Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-29 20:12 -0400
Re: html contact email "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2013-06-30 00:31 +0000
Re: html contact email Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-29 22:31 -0400
Re: html contact email "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2013-06-30 02:39 +0000
Re: html contact email "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-06-29 19:37 -0500
Re: html contact email Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-30 12:55 +0200
Re: html contact email Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-30 19:52 -0400
Re: html contact email Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-30 20:25 -0400
Re: html contact email Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-29 18:37 -0400
Re: html contact email Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2013-06-29 21:34 -0400
Re: html contact email Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-30 13:00 +0200
+1 Re: html contact email Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-30 20:07 -0400
Re: html contact email Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-30 20:03 -0400
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