Can JavaScript email a form?
NO! JavaScript can't email a form! but, there are alternatives to send the form data to an email address.
There is no direct method provided by JavaScript to send the
data submitted in the form to an email address.
The main concern for not providing a 'JavaScript email form' feature is security.
Suppose there is a feature in JavaScript to send email. Some malicious coder can write
a script to send email to some address immediately when you visit their page.
This will reveal your email address to some third party without your knowledge.
They will start filling your mail box with lots of spam messages!
However, there are alternatives as explained below.
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Using 'mailto:'
You can use 'mailto:me@mydomain.com' in the action field of the form.
When the user presses the submit button of the form, the browser will
first show a warning box that the user's email address will be revealed to the
recipient.
If the user decides to proceed, the form data will be sent to
the address mentioned in the mailto: tag. The browser will
open the default mail client to send the data by email.
Sample Code
<form action="mailto:you@yourdmainhere.com"
method="post" enctype="text/plain" >
FirstName:<input type="text"
name="FirstName">
Email:<input type="text"
name="Email">
<input type="submit" name="submit"
value="Submit">
</form>
See the sample code above at work:
JavaScript mail Form Example 1
Notice that this method does not require JavaScript at all.
Disadvantages of 'mailto:' method
It is not possible to control the formatting of the form data. The data
submitted in the form is sent by the browser. You can't control the
layout of the data.
Browser shows the warning window before sending the data. It may prevent the
visitor from submitting the form
Using FormMail
Formmail is run in the server side. A formmail script collects the data submitted
in the form and then emails it to a given address.
See more information on Formmail here:
Sending HTML form data to an email address
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