When creating a mailto form, why do I only get a blank message composition window when I try to submit the form?
Internet Explorer 6 no longer supports sending mailto form responses. The latest versions of the Netscape browser (and the Mozilla browser) also no longer support sending mailto form responses. Earlier versions of Internet Explorer (5.5 and earlier) only had partial support for mailto forms. If you want to test out sending and receiving mailto form responses, you can download and install Netscape Communicator 4.78 from ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/4.78/windows/windows95_or_nt/complete_install. (Note: If asked to make it your default mail program, just click no or cancel.) If you want to publish forms to the Web, your only choice is to use a CGI form. You can check if your Web host provides a form-processing CGI script you can use. If so, just follow their instructions. You can also sign up to use a free third-party form-processing script — they usually include advertising on the submission confirmation page.
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