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Include tracking URL in confirmation email

I would like to a way for the user to get an email (my CFMAIL below works) with a link to their order.

The email body would read something like this:

***
Your request has been sucessfully submitted.
<bold>Click here</bold> to access your request or cut and paste this URL in your browser:

http://www.mysite.com/checkorderstatus.cfm?refid=12345
***

here's what I have so far that works:
<CFMAIL FROM="webmaster@mysite.com" TO="#form.email#" SUBJECT="Thank you for submitting our form!">
Dear #form.firstname# #form.Lastname#,
You have successfully submitted a request, blah blah

Submission Receipt:
===========================================================
Sender name: #form.firstname# #form.lastName#
Sender email: #form.email#
Message Sent: #DateFormat(now(), 'mmmm dd, yyyy')# #TimeFormat(Now(), 'hh:mm:ss tt')#

</CFMAIL>

how do I include the URL ????????

Thanks!

SidFishes

SOmething like this

<CFMAIL FROM="webmaster@mysite.com" TO="#form.email#" SUBJECT="Thank you for submitting our form!">
Dear #form.firstname# #form.Lastname#,
You have successfully submitted a request, blah blah

Submission Receipt:
===========================================================
Sender name: #form.firstname# #form.lastName#
Sender email: #form.email#
Message Sent: #DateFormat(now(), 'mmmm dd, yyyy')# #TimeFormat(Now(), 'hh:mm:ss tt')#

Your request has been sucessfully submitted. <a href="http://www.mysite.com/checkorderstatus.cfm?refid=#refID#.html">
 HERE</a>to access your request or cut and paste this URL in your browser:
 
<a href="http://www.mysite.com/checkorderstatus.cfm?refid=#refID#.html">http://www.mysite.com/checkorderstatus.cfm?refid=#refID#.html</a>

</CFMAIL>

selms

ASKER

Am I missing something? .... Does it need to be wrapped in something else??

The #firstName# #LastName is displaying properly, but the href is not in a hyperlink format.

Dear Test User,

Your request has been sucessfully submitted.

Submission Receipt:
===========================================================
Sender name: Test User
Sender email: testuser@yahoo.com
Sender IP: 127.0.0.1

Message Sent: March 23, 2006 04:12:14 PM


 Your request has been sucessfully submitted.
<a href="http://localhost:8500/travelapprover/webroot/myAccount.cfm?UserID=1.html">

 HERE</a>to access your request or cut and paste this URL in your browser:
 
<a href="http://localhost:8500/travelapprover/webroot/myAccount.cfm?UserID=1.html">http://localhost:8500/travelapprover/webroot/myAccount.cfm?UserID=1.html</a>


***

Please help... thanks!!

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RCorfman

Or, if you want to send text emails, just include the http:// address. Some email clients will readily recognize the http:// as a URL and when they click on it, even in a text email, it opens.

Outlook works that way.... even with a plain text email, just include the url and away you go.

<CFMAIL FROM="webmaster@mysite.com" TO="#form.email#" SUBJECT="Thank you for submitting our form!">
Dear #form.firstname# #form.Lastname#,
You have successfully submitted a request, blah blah. To view your request, click the following link:
http://www.mysite.com/checkorderstatus.cfm?refid=#form.refid#

Submission Receipt:
===========================================================
Sender name: #form.firstname# #form.lastName#
Sender email: #form.email#
Message Sent: #DateFormat(now(), 'mmmm dd, yyyy')# #TimeFormat(Now(), 'hh:mm:ss tt')#

</CFMAIL>

RCorfman

You could even include a preference on the form for html vs text emails...

selms

ASKER

SidFishes

IT WORKED!!!!

THANKS!!!!!!!

SidFishes

or you could send both and let the user's client decide...which is the best way of doing it

<CFMAIL FROM="webmaster@mysite.com"
TO="#form.email#"
SUBJECT="Thank you for submitting our form!"
>
<cfmailpart type="text" wraptext="74">
<cfset crlf = chr(13)&chr(10)>
<cfinclude template="../dsp/dsp_textMailConf.cfm">
</cfmailpart>

<cfmailpart type="html">
<cfinclude template="../dsp/dsp_htmlMailConf.cfm">
</cfmailpart>
</cfmail>

note that using this method you -don't- specify TYPE as you are sending both

I use a cfinclude to keep the code easier to read but you could put all the code for your mail in between the cfmailpart tags

the crlf variable is to put a line break in the text email and is used in the textMailConf.cfm like so

Thank You For Your Request.#crlf#

Sender name: Test User#crlf#
Sender email: testuser@yahoo.com#crlf#
Sender IP: 127.0.0.1#crlf#