Another type of URL discussed in Day 5 is the Mailto URL. It is used to send electronic mail if the browser supports Mailto URLs. Some browsers do not support Mailto and will produce and error if a link with a Mailto URL is selected. If the browser supports them, your email software that is installed on your PC will open with a new message open and the email address that was included in the Mailto URL is used as the address the new message will be sent to. All you would need to do is fill in the subject line and the body of the message before you send it.
The email address that is used in a Mailto URL needs to be a Global email address. The email feature we are using within WebCT is not a Global email address. It can only be used with in our class that is developed and managed using WebCT.
Here is an example of a link using the Mailto URL:
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If I wanted to create a link that would send an email message to my email address, the HTML tag would look something like this: <a href="mailto:student@mail.mccneb.edu">Email Me</a>Here is the link using the HTML tag illustrated above: Email Me (Click this link to see if your browser supports MAILTO links. If a new email message window opens, just close it without sending the message.) |