form mailto vs CDO?

[jason]

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using this form submission approach
as opposed to eg: Cdo, aspEmail - it appears to harness the MS standard
mailto capability?:

<FORM ENCTYPE="text/plain" NAME="test" METHOD='POST'
ACTION='mailto:[email protected]?subject=Resume' onSubmit="return
submitForm()">

 

[Aaron Bertrand - MVP]

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using this form submission
approach

as opposed to eg: Cdo, aspEmail - it appears to harness the MS standard
mailto capability?:

Not everyone has a default mail reader at all, and some use default mail
readers that do not support this form action=mailto.

And for those where the technology *does* work, it's very easy for the end
user to either cancel the sending of the form or to alter the
from/to/body/subject of the e-mail before sending.

Handling the mail on the server side gives you much greater control, and
does not render your app useless when it relies on missing client
requirements.

 

[wetchman]

The biggest advantage is that using something like aspEmail (which we use
and love) gives you a TON more control over what gets sent. It is also a LOT
more professional.

You can format, validate, set priority, attach files, send as HTML or
Multipart, and do almost anything you want to a message if you run it
through aspEmail or another component like that. A simple mailto: form won't
allow you to do any of that, and some browsers even warn before submitting
with somthing like "This form is being submitted via email - do you want to
continue?"

Using components gives you more control and is a lot more compatible.

/bw

 

[jason]

Thanks - as a matter of interest how does CDO compare to ASPEmail...

- Jason

 

[Jeff Cochran]

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using this form submission approach
as opposed to eg: Cdo, aspEmail - it appears to harness the MS standard
mailto capability?:

<FORM ENCTYPE="text/plain" NAME="test" METHOD='POST'
ACTION='mailto:[email protected]?subject=Resume' onSubmit="return
submitForm()">

My default mail client doesn't have access to send internet mail, and
your address isn't on our internal network...

Jeff
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