Re: mailto URLs

Mike Braca <mb@ebt.com> Mon, 08 January 1996 21:05 UTC

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From: Mike Braca <mb@ebt.com>
To: "Dr. Mark K. Joseph" <izzy@aac.twg.com>
Cc: masinter@parc.xerox.com, timbl@www0.cern.ch, mpm@boombox.micro.umn.edu, ietf-822@list.cren.net, bhk@aac.twg.com
Subject: Re: mailto URLs
References: <19960108192345.izzy@aac.twg.com>
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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

Mike Braca
Wasabe Software Inc.
(currently at mb@ebt.com)