OL97: Mailto Function Includes Only E-mail Address (169076)
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This article was previously published under Q169076 SYMPTOMS
If you click a mailto Universal Resource Locator (URL) in the body of an e-
mail message in Microsoft Outlook 97, a new, untitled e-mail message
starts. The new message is automatically addressed to the recipient
indicated in the mailto, but none of the other fields in the message header
are completed.
RESOLUTION
Outlook supports the basic mailto function having the following format:
Outlook does not support other formats, including:
mailto: someone@microsoft.com?subject=Subject of Message
mailto: someone@microsoft.com?subject=Subject of Message&cc=others@
microsoft.com
mailto: someone@microsoft.com;someone1@microsoft.com?subject=Subject of
Message
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 97 for
Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Outlook 97 version 8.02
for Windows.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/26/2000 |
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| Keywords: | KB169076 |
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