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CC not recognized in mailto:

So it seems to me as a minimum it should accept subject: and body: (as

well as to:), and not accept from: or bcc:.  The rest are optional and

subject to implementation.

That's the way Iread it as well, not very clear on the MUST and SHOULD requirements.   You also have to remember there is probably a limit on the length of the "Subject" and "Body" string as well.  I suspect there are people who will "write a novel" and try to insert it as body text via a mailto:.  ;-)
<blockquote>So it seems to me as a minimum it should accept subject: and body: (as well as to:), and not accept from: or bcc:.  The rest are optional and subject to implementation.</blockquote>That's the way Iread it as well, not very clear on the MUST and SHOULD requirements.   You also have to remember there is probably a limit on the length of the "Subject" and "Body" string as well.  I suspect there are people who will "write a novel" and try to insert it as body text via a mailto:.  ;-)

Dear all, 

I am using Pegasus Mail v4.41

When creating a new emailmessage using an URL, (via browser or VBA), Pegasus does not catch the cc or bcc tags.

Via browser:

mailto:test@company.com?cc=robert@test.com 

Or in VBA: 

   URL = "mailto:" & strEmailAdressen & "?cc=test@testme.com;&subject=" & strSubject & "&body=" & strMessage
    '   Execute the URL (start the email client)
    ShellExecute 0&, "open", URL, vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus

Is this a known bug. Or can I make it work?  

Kind regards,

 Robert

 

<P>Dear all, </P> <P>I am using Pegasus Mail v4.41</P> <P>When creating a new emailmessage using an URL, (via browser or VBA), Pegasus does not catch the cc or bcc tags.</P> <P>Via browser:</P> <P><A href="mailto:test@company.com?cc=robert@test.com">mailto:test@company.com?cc=robert@test.com</A> </P> <P>Or in VBA: </P> <P>   URL = "mailto:" & strEmailAdressen & "<A href="mailto:?cc=test@testme.com;&subject">?cc=test@testme.com;&subject</A>=" & strSubject & "&body=" & strMessage     '   Execute the URL (start the email client)     ShellExecute 0&, "open", URL, vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus</P> <P>Is this a known bug. Or can I make it work?  </P> <P>Kind regards,</P> <P> Robert</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P>

Sorry but the Mailto protocol does not support CC.  See: http://www.unix.com.ua/rfc/rfc2368.html

Martin

<p>Sorry but the Mailto protocol does not support CC.  See: http://www.unix.com.ua/rfc/rfc2368.html</p><p>Martin </p>

[quote user="irelam"]

Sorry but the Mailto protocol does not support CC.  See: http://www.unix.com.ua/rfc/rfc2368.html

Martin

[/quote]

 

Huh? 

A URL for a single user which includes a CC of another user:

     <mailto:joe@example.com?cc=bob@example.com&body=hello>

 

[quote user=&quot;irelam&quot;]&lt;p&gt;Sorry but the Mailto protocol does not support CC.&amp;nbsp; See: http://www.unix.com.ua/rfc/rfc2368.html&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martin &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Huh?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;A URL for a single user which includes a CC of another user: &amp;lt;mailto:joe@example.com?cc=bob@example.com&amp;amp;body=hello&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Oops, should have gone to the true source of RFCs: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2368.html   but what suggestions do we have for the problem, other than the CC is not recognised/supported?

Martin

&lt;p&gt;Oops, should have gone to the true source of RFCs: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2368.html&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; but what suggestions do we have for the problem, other than the CC is not recognised/supported?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martin &lt;/p&gt;

Oops, should have gone to the true source of RFCs:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2368.html   but what suggestions do we have

for the problem, other than the CC is not recognised/supported?

As it stands there is none other than the WinPMail mailto: has never supported all of the specified functions of the mailto: RFC.  Not sure if these are MUST or even SHOULD requirements in any case.
&lt;blockquote&gt;Oops, should have gone to the true source of RFCs: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2368.html&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; but what suggestions do we have for the problem, other than the CC is not recognised/supported?&lt;/blockquote&gt;As it stands there is none other than the WinPMail mailto: has never supported all of the specified functions of the mailto: RFC.&amp;nbsp; Not sure if these are MUST or even SHOULD requirements in any case.

[quote user="irelam"]

Sorry but the Mailto protocol does not support CC.  See: http://www.unix.com.ua/rfc/rfc2368.html

Martin

[/quote]

hmmm... its a bit of a puzzling read because from the Example section of the above rfc, it shows:

 

A URL for a single user which includes a CC of another user:

     <mailto:joe@example.com?cc=bob@example.com&body=hello>

   Another way of expressing the same thing:

     <mailto:?to=joe@example.com&cc=bob@example.com&body=hello>

 

[quote user=&quot;irelam&quot;]&lt;p&gt;Sorry but the Mailto protocol does not support CC.&amp;nbsp; See: http://www.unix.com.ua/rfc/rfc2368.html&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martin &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[/quote] hmmm... its a bit of a puzzling read because from the Example section of the above rfc, it shows:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;A URL for a single user which includes a CC of another user: &amp;lt;mailto:joe@example.com?cc=bob@example.com&amp;amp;body=hello&amp;gt; Another way of expressing the same thing: &amp;lt;mailto:?to=joe@example.com&amp;amp;cc=bob@example.com&amp;amp;body=hello&amp;gt; &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

That rfc is a bit thin on specifics, but it does say in section 4

'The creator of a mailto URL cannot expect the resolver of a URL to understand more than the "subject" and "body" headers.'

and later in 7 (security)

'headers such as "From:", "Bcc:", and so on, should never be interpreted from a URL.'

So it seems to me as a minimum it should accept subject: and body: (as well as to:), and not accept from: or bcc:.  The rest are optional and subject to implementation.

 

 

&lt;p&gt;That rfc is a bit thin on specifics, but it does say in section 4&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#039;The creator of a mailto URL cannot expect the resolver of a URL to understand more than the &quot;subject&quot; and &quot;body&quot; headers.&#039;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and later in 7 (security)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#039;headers such as &quot;From:&quot;, &quot;Bcc:&quot;, and so on, should never be interpreted from a URL.&#039;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So it seems to me as a minimum it should accept subject: and body: (as well as to:), and not accept from: or bcc:.&amp;nbsp; The rest are optional and subject to implementation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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