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Mailto errors

JohnBoy posted this at 18:42 — 1st March 2002.

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I'm having some issues with one of my websites...

I'm using the "mailto:" tag to pop up a mail message that will start an email going. I have recieved a complaint from a customer that when they do this they get an error prompt (see below). I checked the coding, it looks OK.

He has a W2K machine, standard IE 5.5 browser, and (get this), another mailto feature on another page works fine... I've checked the coding and it's nothing out of the ordinary... i've tested on several users machines and can't duplicate.

the error prompt the user gets...
"The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using"

any ideas on how to remedy this?

Confused :confused:

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Busy posted this at 22:16 — 1st March 2002.

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check for misplaced " or ; instead of :
very easy to do, and very easy overlooked. If thats all ok you can copy the mailto line in here or a url to check

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