TownNews recommends using a BLOX Form instead of a mailto. You can create a link in the ad go to a form and that form can create a page that sends an email to the address.
Using a BLOX Form will give you the protection of Captcha so that your email address will not get spammed. And using a BLOX Form will allow you to add a specific header, or additional questions, to the email.
Create an html ad with this as the HTML/Text:
<a href="mailto:asickler@townnews.com?subject=Testing mailto's in banner ads&body=This is a test of using mailto's in banner ads
&cc=anotheremailaddress@anotherdomain.com
&bcc=onemore@anotherdomain.com"><img src="http://jhaller.bloxcms.com/app/banner_ads/mechanics_bank.jpg" /></a>
| Term | Description |
|---|
| mailto: | to set the recipient, or recipients, separate with comma. |
| &cc= | to set the CC recipient(s) |
| &bcc= | to set the BCC recipient(s) |
| &subject= | to set the email subject, URL encode for longer sentences, so replace spaces with %20, etc. |
| &body= | to set the body of the message, you can add entire sentences here, including line breaks. Line breaks should be converted to %0A |
| <img src= | to instruct the browser where on the server it should look for the image that's presented to the user. |
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Note: This method doesn't always work because there is no way for TownNews to know how a user's browser is set up.