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Re: WWW: Mailto:

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From: Guy Harrison
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 00:00
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 In article <834077080snz@myriad-s.com>
  brian@myriad-s.com (Brian Dew) said:-

>Still having a problem with this...
>
>Various editors have been used in various places.
>
>Offline it now works, though I've no idea where it puts the completed
>mail...

In the cache, MAIL.TXT iirc, newest overwriting the last etc.

>Online, clicking on a mailto link brings up a dialog asking me to put
>disk A in drive A. When I return out of that dialog I usually get two
>bombs, but have had an uncountable line of bombs and a reset...

I'm guessing here but have you set a path 'cos TOS will sometimes 
visit drive A: if the path is nonsense. It would also explain the 
subsequent crash.

Also ensure the mail has been physically saved _before_ hitting OK on 
the Cab mailbox window (in case you multitask).


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk

  
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From: guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison)
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Date: 1996/06/06
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