From: "John W. Long" <ng@...>
Date: 2003-08-27T22:43:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Email and smtp.sendmail security vulnerabilities?

Hi Nathaniel,

> You could also do something like this:
>
>   <html>
>     <body>
>       <a
> href="mailto:somebody@somewhere?subject=Subject&body=Body">Email
> this site to a friend</a>
>     </body>
>   </html>
>
> Which has the distinct advantage of sending everything
> through the user's
> email system, whatever that may be. I'm not sure how well the
> construct
> works across platforms, though.

We've considered this, but it has the disadvantage of not being able to work
in a public access situation (a library).

--
John Long
http://wiseheartdesign.com