Is it possible to attach a file using "mailto:" redirect in javascript?
Something like this:
document.location = "mailto:"+recipient+"?subject="+subject+"&body="+msg+"?attach="+"file1.zip";
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1Only if file1.zip is already on every recipients computer. I think. – Trick Mar 03 '10 at 14:30
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I intend to send a generated log file, when the user clicks on the Email icon in HTML page Is it possible ? – Kiran Mar 03 '10 at 14:34
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1You should just send this log file as text in body. – Trick Mar 03 '10 at 14:57
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No, you can not add an attachment to a message with the mailto: URL scheme.
mailto: only supports header values or text/plain content. See RFC 2368 for details.
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+1 It clearly states on there "Only the Subject, Keywords, and Body headers are believed to be both safe and useful." – Josh Stodola Mar 03 '10 at 14:35
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Thanks, if I have to send a file as an attachment(through program) how would you suggest do it ?? – Kiran Mar 03 '10 at 14:38
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You can create a custom email form, letting the user input a valid email-address if necessary and send this to the server. The server then can use a mail library to send an email including an attachment.
If you use PHP, you can easily do this using PHPMailer.
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