RE[2]: mailto URLs

"Dr. Mark K. Joseph" <izzy@aac.twg.com> Mon, 08 January 1996 21:50 UTC

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From: "Dr. Mark K. Joseph" <izzy@aac.twg.com>
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Subject: RE[2]: mailto URLs
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>Dr. Mark K. Joseph wrote:
>
>>     mailto:<rfc822-addr-spec>[# (*msg_element | subject)]
>>     ; '#' separates the minimum form from all mailto messsage elements
>
>I hate this.  Why not follow RFC 1808 and use ;s, as in:
>
>mailto:mjoseph@aac.twg.com;SUBJECT=Weekly%20status%20report;CC=marks.boss@aac.twg.com
>
>
I used '#' because it has the nice feature that many currently
in-the-field browsers ignore what is after the '#' sign (e.g.,
netscape and internet explorer).  But I can live with using
';.

 


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Mark K. Joseph
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