Re: HTML in e-mail: Can forms be used?

"Auggie" <Imperial.Palace@Rome.It> wrote in
news:MhcPi.4557$G25.517@edtnps89:

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> "Karl Groves" <karl@NOSPAMkarlcore.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns99C5AD6CF8FB0karlkarlcorecom@199.45.49.11...
>> Let me preface this by saying we don't need to get into a discussion
>> about the numerous problems with HTML e-mail. I need to supply an
>> answer to someone about a very specific question: What sort of
>> problems are possible if you send a form via HTML e-mail?  I don't
>> have any personal experience in doing so (frankly it is the kind of
>> thing I'd never even think of doing). I imagine that the form itself
>> would be displayed, but I also think
>> most mail clients would generate all sorts of security warnings
>> possibly even disable the form.  Anyone have any experience with
>> this?
>>
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> With Outlook Express 6 in Windows there will be a popup warning the
> customer when they click the submit button.  This is the default
> setting for Outlook Express ("restricted zone" for security level).
>
> The other problem with the popup in Outlook Express is what it says:
> It uses the "zone" name so if somebody clicks on the SUBMIT button
> they will see a message along the lines of "You are about to go to a
> restricted website" or something to that effect.  Some users will be
> able to figure that out, but probably a good 75% of them will assume
> that popup means they are being directed to a porn site.
>
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> For Hotmail they will disable the form and there is no workaround for
> this. They actually change the source code for the email so that your
> FORM tag is just <form> and clicking the submit button does nothing.
>
> You will probably find that this is case just about everywhere.
> Services like Hotmail, Yahoo, GMail, AOL, etc all do it to protect
> their end users.
>
>

Thanks!

Karl
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