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		throwup238 on April 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Self-hosting forms, the sane way Email body is in the “body” form field, subject line in “subject”, destination in “email”. https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/html/how-to-create-mailto-fo...

bdcravens on April 27, 2024 [–]

Those parameters need to be passed in the mailto: URL, not the form, if the FORM is a POST

mailto:example@gmail.com?subject=About+your+extended+warranty

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