Looking for PHP code or ideas to interface with client's email application

[Al Dykes]

W want to put code into an organization web site to let people signup
for an email list on a majordomo list server. I'd like it to me as
mindless as possible for the very non-technical audience. IMO
explaining how to put majordomo.liste rs.isp.com in the to: line
and "subscribe listname" for these people is error prone.

Is there some generic code that fires up the default mail application
and stuff this information into it. Asking the user to click on send
is OK.

Thanks


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[Ken Robinson]

Re: Looking for PHP code or ideas to interface with client's email application



Al Dykes wrote:[color=blue]
> W want to put code into an organization web site to let people signup
> for an email list on a majordomo list server. I'd like it to me as
> mindless as possible for the very non-technical audience. IMO
> explaining how to put majordomo.liste rs.isp.com in the to: line
> and "subscribe listname" for these people is error prone.
>
> Is there some generic code that fires up the default mail application
> and stuff this information into it. Asking the user to click on send
> is OK.[/color]

You don't need PHP for this. A simple "mailto" will work.

<a
href="mailto:ma jordomo.listers .isp.com?subjec t=subscribe%20l istname">Subscr ibe
to Listname</a>

Will work fine.

Ken

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Looking for PHP code or ideas to interface with client's email application



Al Dykes wrote:[color=blue]
> W want to put code into an organization web site to let people signup
> for an email list on a majordomo list server. I'd like it to me as
> mindless as possible for the very non-technical audience. IMO
> explaining how to put majordomo.liste rs.isp.com in the to: line
> and "subscribe listname" for these people is error prone.
>[/color]

I just realized the sample link I posted is wrong, it should be

<a
href="mailto:su bscribe@majordo mo.listers.isp. com?subject=sub scribe%20listna me">
Subscribe to list</a>

Replace 'subscribe@' with the real email address.

Ken

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: Looking for PHP code or ideas to interface with client's email application

I noticed that Message-ID: <d8ussg$8ic$1@p anix5.panix.com > from Al Dykes
contained the following:
[color=blue]
>Is there some generic code that fires up the default mail application
>and stuff this information into it. Asking the user to click on send
>is OK.[/color]


Well you can use mailto: but it's unreliable. You need a mailscript.
Mine can be set up to do it www.ckdog.co.uk/phmail_lite
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[Daniel Tryba]

Re: Looking for PHP code or ideas to interface with client's email application

Ken Robinson <kenrbnsn@rbnsn .com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> Is there some generic code that fires up the default mail application
>> and stuff this information into it. Asking the user to click on send
>> is OK.[/color]
>
> You don't need PHP for this. A simple "mailto" will work.
>
> <a
> href="mailto:ma jordomo.listers .isp.com?subjec t=subscribe%20l istname">Subscr ibe
> to Listname</a>
>
> Will work fine.[/color]

Nope, doesn't overhere.

OP: don't rely on anything at the clientsside. Setup a form that sends
the mail to majordomo. Then you only rely on the user to supply his
emailadress (in which they will inevitably insert typos).