Re: Replacement Email Client
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:10:10 -0400
Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 01:49:05PM +0000, Curt wrote:
> > On 2020-10-26, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 12:38:36PM +0100, Michael wrote:
> > >> he is talking about filling in forms, etc. that are part of the
> > >> html email. guys, ever heard of the <form>...</form> html tags?
> > >> that's what he means.
> > >
> > > But what would the form's Submit action be?
> >
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE html>
> > <html>
> > <body>
> >
> > <h2>HTML Forms</h2>
> >
> > <form action="/action_page.php">
> > <label for="fname">First name:</label><br>
> > <input type="text" id="fname" name="fname" value="John"><br>
> > <label for="lname">Last name:</label><br>
> > <input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" value="Doe"><br><br>
> > <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> > </form>
> >
> > <p>If you click the "Submit" button, the form-data will be sent to
> > a page called "/action_page.php".</p>
> >
> > </body>
> > </html>
>
> Yes, this is exactly my point.
>
> If you've received this form from a WEB SERVER, then /action_page.php
> refers to a script on that same web server. Or the equivalent of a
> script.
>
> But if you're just reading this form in a FILE on your LOCAL MACHINE,
> which is what email is, then what is /action_page.php supposed to do?
>
And if the full URL is present, will the website not still require a
login before serving the page?
--
Joe
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