Re: HTML and LISTSERV

In message <memo.433895@cix.compulink.co.uk>, Steve Harris writes:
>I'm an extreme novice at HTML and I have the temerity to suggest a "gap" 
>in the language that might be easily and usefully filled.
>
>It's easy enough to create a straight "mailto" link but if the link is to 
>a mailing list (such as LISTSERV types) or other mail driven resource, the 
>user has to type in "SUBSCRIBE WHATEVER-L "John Doe" or something.

This is more of a URL issue than an html issue.

You might check out the mailserver: URL draft:

"Mailserver URL Specification", Paul E. Hoffman, 07 Jul 1995.
<draft-ietf-uri-url-mailserver-02.txt> 
     A new URL scheme, "mailserver", is defined. It allows mail client software to create
     RFC822 mail messages from a URL. 

ftp://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/uri/draft-ietf-uri-url-mailserver-02.txt


Dan