Mailto problem

[JaneXYZ]

I am trying to add a email link to an address with an "&" in it. Unfortunately this has the result of deleting the remainder of the email address, so my email address H&S.feedback@companyname is contracted to just "H".

Any ideas how I can get around this?

Many thanks

[Peter Grainge]

I don't think that the ampersand character is valid in an email address. Is it a proposed address or are you telling us it is in use?

Try the link below to check whether or not an address is theoretically valid.

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/mailcheck.html

[Mark_Southee]

You might want to try to encode the & as '&amp' in the mailto link, i.e H&ampS.feedback@companyname.

[HKabaker]

Peter,

quirskmode.org says mailcheck is outmoded.

Travis, Jane,

If &amp doesn't work, try
&

H&S.feedback@, etc.

Harvey

[HWHomberg]

Are you inserting the ampersand with javascript? If so, you may have to use the hex value, %26.

mailto:H%26S.feedback@companyname

[MergeThis]

If it is JavaScript, try this:

& amp;


Good luck,
Leon

[JaneXYZ]

Thanks for all these suggestions, unfortunately none of them work!

As far as I'm aware this is a valid email address - but am checking it out.

Any other ideas?

[HWHomberg]

quote:

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Originally posted by: JaneXYZ
Thanks for all these suggestions, unfortunately none of them work!

As far as I'm aware this is a valid email address - but am checking it out.

Any other ideas?

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Is it possible for you to post the section of code that you're using to generate the email?

[Peter Grainge]

Jane

Having looked elsewhere it would seem the ampersand is valid for an email address. Look at wikepedia.

Sorry I can't help you more on this one.

[MergeThis]

Each line in the JavaScript file must not have hard line breaks (carriage returns). The text can wrap if your Notepad window is too narrow, but you cannot hit Enter inside the statement itself.

If you want line breaks in the text you'll be inserting into the body of the message, use the "\n" (new line) as below:

var mailBody = '[Enter comments here] \n\nMy comments apply to this page: ' + location.href;

And you're sure you tried my previous hint (& amp;)?


Good luck,
Leon

[JaneXYZ]

Thanks for the help.

The email address has now been changed, removing the & so the problem has gone away.

[HKabaker]

Hooray for rational thought!.

H