Mailto link using the &

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Having a little problem with mailto: and a generic E-Mail address using the & symbol.<br />
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The code:<br />
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<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"mailto:bob&[email protected]"><br />
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doesn't work - nor does<br />
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<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"mailto:bob&[email protected]"><br />
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Is there a way round this ?<br />
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Thanks.<br />
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The Chancer.<br />
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Occasionally I might be right.<!--content-->Do you actually have an email address with an ampersand in it or are you trying to CC a second address? <br />
If the latter it is:<br />
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<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"mailto:[email protected][email protected]"><br />
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Never trust a mailto to work though. Especially not fancy fancy features.<!--content-->The E-Mail address does have an ampersand (&) included in it.<br />
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I have a feeling it is not possible to do this with a mailto link.. and a formmail or cgi script is out of the question. :-(<!--content--> I didn't know & was a legit character in an email address.<br />
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My email client (Eudora) accepts the mailto in the form you have it but I would at least escape it with &amp;. See if that helps.<br />
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Sorry! Forgot that vBull parses entities. <!--content-->You have two escaping options, &amp; and %26.<!--content-->I have tried different ways for it, but no joy with Outlook... and it needs to be cross platform...<br />
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Looks like I'll have to get the E-Mail addresses changed..<br />
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Thanks anyway<br />
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The attached file shows the fill details of the mailto link..<!--content-->Charles,<br />
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Many Thanks<br />
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%26 works like a dream...<br />
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<!--content-->Great! Good to know. <!--content-->