I have a verification email that is sent out to users that sign up for a website I have developed. When the user signs up I send them an HTML email that has an anchor tag (hyperlink) <a href="https://app.example.com/verify-email/akdios-aksdjofs-aisodfjsa" >Activate Account</a>.I believe this is a URL/href problem because if you click on the link it only takes you to the site https://app.example.com. Whereas if you paste the link in the browser then the proper verification page is loaded and the account is verified.
Email clients tested: outlook, (and various work email domains.).What would be causing my link to not work when clicked, but works when I copy the link in the email, then paste it into the browser url?Is there a way to ensure that clicking the link will work no matter what the email client (specifically outlook has been giving trouble).
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I'm using rails to send an email to log in a user through a link. In that email I have a button and link that both use the same url but with the button I'm getting a 404 error while using google or yahoo's main site to view the email. While using third party email portals I don't seem to have this issue. The link works in all circumstances.
In the view for the email template, I'm using the button_to tag for the button that will redirect the user to the site to log them in. Which I noticed puts the button into a form. So I was wondering if this was a safety measure by google and yahoo to prevent potential threats and I need to refactor to just have a button without the form element, or could it be an issue with my code?
I need the functionality to allow a user to send an email to another user. It would be ideal if they get a gmail pop-up with the user's email pre-filled. However, I'm unsure how I to approach this feature.
1) Is this possible?
2) If it is. How would I go about it?
Well, assuming they have (and are signed into) Gmail, and have setup their machine to open mailto links with Gmail, just a mailto:some.guy#gmail.com link would do. You could also specify a subject by appending ?subject=This+is+a+test to the end of the mailto link.
<a href='mailto:some.guy#gmail.com?subject=This+is+a+test'>Email Some Guy</a>
I have a problem when i send email using Rails email text format, the email contains a link for password reset and all work fine, but when i open email in outlook the link is shown but can't click on. this problem is only when send an email to an hotmail/live/outlook account, is there a solution for that?
Check out this link. It may be a simple matter of changing your Outlook settings.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/enable-or-disable-links-and-functionality-in-phishing-e-mail-HA001229962.aspx
In my project i integrated html email for reset password option.User click on link and if user submit his email he will get mail having link to reset his password.
The link is opening on Gmail. But the same link is not working when I open in Out look. It is non clickable mode.
Is html email won't workout on Outlook? or coding any change required to integrate.
Please reply?
Finally I resolved the issue. In my web page having some commented code. When I removed the commented code now the mail is coming properly and all the links are working. I believe this commented code has some influence in terms of security concern of outlook.
So when ever write the mail function etc need to make the page is very clean and all unwanted comments etc should be removed.
We send out a confirmation email on completed registration. User need to click a link to confirm the registration, this link opens up a new window. Bog standard procedure...
How can I get the new window to open up in the existing window (or close the old window)?
[Update, not sure if I was clear enough.]
When I click on the confirmation link I want it to open or replace the window I still have open from the registration process.
You can't control the user's email client (and this is a good thing), so you cannot direct how it opens links.
You could use a script on the "old" page (the one used to enter email address, profile details, etc.) to poll your server and do something once registration is confirmed. If the user closes this page before that happens, e.g. opens another link on the site, this works well by not moving them where they don't expect.
The user would still have the registration page open, so simply put instructions on that along the lines of "email address confirmed, would you like to now 1) do this, 2) that, or 3) something else" (all links).
Use the target="_top" attribute, i.e.
linktext
That will solve your problem