Locate old coding in your webpage. It will look something like this:
<a href="mailto:mickey.mouse@vanderbilt.edu">mickey.mouse@vanderbilt.edu</a>
Check to see if your library already has a mailto form template.
list of library templates already available
If not, submit a request for template.
form for requesting template
Once you have a template you can use this as a URL to replace the old one:
<https://secureforms.library.vanderbilt.edu/email/genmail.phtml?
interface=xx&subject=xx&who=xx>
interface=template name
subject=whatever you want it to be
who=person to whom the email is addressed
The only parameter you MUST include is the who parameter. If you do not specify an interface it will default to the Heard Library interface
The who parameter automatically appends @vanderbilt.edu to whatever values you add. Thus the old mailto above would now look like this:
<https://secureforms.library.vanderbilt.edu/email/genmail.phtml? who=mickey.mouse>
To add a subject and interface, just add the values to the parameters like this:
<https://secureforms.library.vanderbilt.edu/email/genmail.phtml? interface=staffweb &subject=Disney &who=mickey.mouse>
The process is very simple and converting old mailtos to form based mailtos will reduce the amount of spam you recieve.
You can also use this as a form on a page
<form
action="https://secureforms.library.vanderbilt.edu/email/genmail.phtml"
method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="who" value="dale.poulter">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="comment">
<input type="submit" vale="send email">
</form>
The comment can be anything but if it is used with the url option
spaces should be converted to %20.
Template values currently available
default (heard) (see example)
staffweb (see example)
science (see example)
peabody(see example)
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