help with mailto: is there a mailfrom:?

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I tend to make html for myself, for common tasks..

I'd like to make one, that calls a mailto: (launchs outlook) but
pre-populates the "from" as well.

Sample mailto
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">clicky</a>

I want the rough equivelant of
<a href="mailto:[email protected] from:[email protected]">clicky</a>
<a href="mailto:[email protected] from:[email protected]">clicky</a>
and when I click it on my internal website, it opens outlook with the "from"
field pre-filled
so I can't screw it up---

I have both accounts (well, one account and one delegated as send on behalf
of)
any way to accomplish this? any way to pre-populate the from field?
 
No, there's no mailfrom:. And your message didn't make clear whether you want to send from your account or behalf of someone else.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
thanks, but the second half of your response makes no sense,
if I'm sending it from me, (work) or me (business) or from an account I have
delegated authority to send on behalf of as,

I put the address in the 'from' field in outlook... it should not matter if
it's "my account" or delegated

right now, I have to type in the "from" field for every email, unless it's
coming from me the individual @ work (default) -- unless it's a reply...


thanks.

No, there's no mailfrom:. And your message didn't make clear whether you
want to send from your account or behalf of someone else.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
But it *does* matter because what you can do programmatically is not the same as what you can do in the UI. What I'm trying to do is get enough information to determine whether there's any possibility of a VBA code or custom form solution even for part of your scenario. So, the more you can tell us about how you'd want to use such a "mailfrom:" facility, the better.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
MDBJ said:
I tend to make html for myself, for common tasks..

I'd like to make one, that calls a mailto: (launchs outlook) but
pre-populates the "from" as well.
Click to expand...
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RFC 2368, The mailto URL Scheme
ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2368.txt

Section 2 tells you the syntax (which lets you specify the headers). What
happens when you use "from=value" as the hname token?
 
Interesting ... I also wonder if there is any mailfrom syntax ... if this is possible that would make life much easier.
 
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