HTML Form within an email

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by jestep, Jul 20, 2006.

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    I am pondering the idea of placing a form inside an email. But, will this work properly?

    I can easily submit the form to a website that will process it, but I'm curious as to the effectiveness of it, and if it will automatically be labeled as spam.

    Has anyone done this before or have any suggestions about it?
     
    jestep, Jul 20, 2006 IP
  2. neverstudy

    neverstudy Active Member

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    I dont quite get what you are saying. Form inside an email? Example perhaps...
     
    neverstudy, Jul 21, 2006 IP
  3. candidindia

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    Jestep,

    This should work properly if done professionally. I remember filling one of such forms which also sent a reply to me within a short time after processing my request.

    As regards to the effectiveness, this can be considered as SPAM only if you do not follow the Cyber Laws preventing SPAM, such as providing option to unsubscribe/never again, details regarding the sender etc.. (Refer SPAM Laws)
     
    candidindia, Jul 21, 2006 IP
  4. jestep

    jestep Prominent Member

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    I was afraid of it getting caught by spam filters more than anything. Also, if the person is using a pop-up blocker either in outlook, or in their web-email, I'm not sure how effective it will be. These emails would be surveys going out to current customers, so spamming isn't an issue.

    Basically, you open up your email in you inbox, and within the email itself is a form. In this case it would be a survey, so the user fills out the form inside their email, and submits it from the same email. More or less, just an interactive email.
     
    jestep, Jul 21, 2006 IP
  5. xeno

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    I suggest making the form and sending it to some yahoo, gmail, outlook, and other email clients and see how they treat it. Check your junk mail too.
     
    xeno, Jul 21, 2006 IP
  6. NickToye

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    Hi,

    I was wondering if you had figured this out, because I too want to use a form within an email, but then when I click the submit button within the email form, it flashes up a dialogue box named "Opening Inbox", it then gives me the option to open Firefox or another program.

    Any ideas?

    I am starting to think that forms within an email wont work.
     
    NickToye, Jul 31, 2006 IP
  7. digigraph

    digigraph Guest

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    I don't really think this is a good idea, since there's e-mail providers where users can disable HTML in e-mails.
     
    digigraph, Jul 31, 2006 IP
  8. jestep

    jestep Prominent Member

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    Still working on it. I wish there was a easy answer to this, but it seems that the potential for abuse is so high that there is going to be major problems. Imagine people phishing with forms in the email.
     
    jestep, Aug 1, 2006 IP
  9. asfi

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    It is totally bad idea
     
    asfi, Apr 22, 2007 IP
  10. tellman

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    I agree, it's a bad idea. Alot of people have HTML disabled so you will miss out getting your message across.
     
    tellman, Apr 27, 2007 IP