Displaying one email sending to others

[ecnarongi]

I received a strange request today, someone wants to have an email link on a page that when clicked looks as if it's going to one address but when sent goes to 3 or so other email addresses.

At first I wanted to tell them it wasn't possible to do, but I wanted to see if anyone had experience with such a task before I said this. All help is appreciated.

[oracleguy]

What object are you using the send the mail? CDONTS? In any event, when you feed the mail object the mailto address, just put 3 addresses in the field.

[ecnarongi]

well I am open to suggestions. I wasn't looking to using an ASP script. I first thought about javascript but then I placed the thread here just in case there was an ASP solution.

I still want the email to show in the status bar and in the header of the email message. ie., you click the link your email client launches a new message window. But, I want to send to emails that aren't in the header. All help is appreciated, thanks.

[oracleguy]

Oh, I thought you were using a form to send the mail and not depending on the user's email client (if they had one). A general rule of thumb is to not depend on them since a) That just one more place your email is listed and open for spam b) they might not have an email client (e.g. they use webmail) c) some people might not want to give their email address away.

In any event, I don't think you can hide addresses like that. You'd prolly have to just list the 3 addresses or use a server side script.

[ecnarongi]

Thanks for your help, if I find a hack I will post it.