I have a HTML form and am using mailto in the action attribute. I do not just want to send the forms data (ex: name=joe) to the specified email(s), I want to have the view of the whole form with its data filled in sent to the email(s). So when the receiving email(s) in the action tag gets the email, they will get the form with its filled in data, just like the user filled in. Is this possible? can it be done? i just don't want a email recipient to receive an email with name=joe&lastname=smith&age=29&weight=298

Yes, it is possible, but not by using mailto because that simple brings up the user's default mail client. You need the action attribute to point to a server side script that parses the form submission and sends an html encoded email. Which server side scripting language do you know/use?

i use ASP.

so i would have the action attribute of the form point to an .asp page. Get the posted data sent from the form and populate the .asp page with those values. So I would make the .asp page look just like the html form? But how would i then email that .asp page to the intended people that need the information? I have to send it to 2 different emails. also, won't the user that filled out the form see this .asp page?? I don't want them to see it? I would rather have them get a page that says, "your information has been sent".

Your asp script would parse the submitted form fields and send an email formatted however you wish to whomever you wish and then return or redirect the user to whatever page you wish. The end user never needs to see or know how or what you sent in the email.

I figured it out and it works!! create a mail object CDONTS.