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0 pointskej12y ago0 comments

When you submit a form with a "mailto:" action, the browser opens the mailto protocol handler, which is the user's email client. So you hit submit on the form and then see a draft email filled out with your form responses.

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nl12y ago

To expand on that:

If the user doesn't have an client-side email client setup (eg, they use Gmail/Hotmail via the browser) a box will pop up prompting them to setup an email account.

Even if they do have one setup up, most users will immediately dismiss the email, so you'll never get it.

This is different to serverside email, where the client submits a form to the server, and the server sends you an email.

Unlike the "mailto:" method, the second method will actually get you some responses.

cstuder12y ago

Which was one solution to the then very frequently asked question "How do I get the email addresses of all my visitors?"

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