What is the best practice for e-mail by javascript?

Question

I'm sending e-mail from a html form/text field. But OSX Safari does not import the main text into the email client like chrome does. What is the best practice for what I want to do, and how can I solve the compatability issue?

This is the method I've used:

 function sendMail() { var link = "mailto:postto@myself.com" + "?cc=" + "&subject=" + escape("Inquiry via website") + "&body=" + escape(document.getElementById('input2000').value); window.location.href = link; } 

 <textarea id="input2000" name="message" placeholder="Write a message here."></textarea> <button type="button" id="formBtn" onclick="sendMail(); return false"> 

I want to click the button and fully fill out an email in the users preferred client.

Answer 1

Thanks for the comments! Please also chip in your viewpoints of this method. There are pros and cons to choosing this above mailing by server, or just using a traditional html mailto. I find it's good to get the user typing without leaving the browser, and then leaving just one click to ship the e-mail of in the end.