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Right, before I go any further let me say that I am not going to go into detail about CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts, as for one thing I don't know overmuch about them and secondly because most people who read this aren't going to be able to use them on their own servers anyway (see note later about free CGI sites).
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=MAILTO:someaddress@someserver.com>
<BUTTON>Click Here!</BUTTON>
Unfourtunately Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0x does not support the sending (submit) part, and just comes up with a blank email message for the user to fill in when they click on submit.
This problem can be got round of with CGIs, as these are programmes on the server which interpret the information given and act accordingly, in this case they just send you an email telling you how people filled in your form, all in a readable format. Unfourtunately, for those of us that don't have CGIs but do have Netscape, this form sends an email to the right address and it is readable, but only just, as spaces come out as weird characters, as well as new lines and slashes. A good way to get round this whole hopeless business is go to http://www.cgi-free.com/ and sign up for a free mailing CGI. They'll tell you how to incorporate the code into the form's ACTION attribute.
A typical form looks something like this:
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="mailto:someemail@someserver.com">
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