Can I use HTML5 to send a client-side email?

Question

I want to send an email in HTML5. I don\'t want to force the user to open a mail client, I want to send the email directly from the web page.

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Answer 1

You can't send the email using JavaScript alone. You'll need some form of server side processing (PHP, ASP, etc) to send the actual email.

There's a good tutorial on setting up an ajax form here: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/submit-a-form-without-page-refresh-using-jquery/

It doesn't include the PHP (or ASP, etc) for sending the email, but there are plenty of tutorials out there for how to send an email using PHP.