Need a good Javascript for "E-mail This Page to a Friend"

[stuntdubl]

I am trying to find a nice unobtrusive javascript that I can use to put "E-mail this page to a friend" on every page.

Ideally, the above message would be a link that goes to a new page that stores the address of the previous page and mails it to whomever they choose with a message.

I know this should be easy, but I am terrible at javascripting (or even modifying them), and I was hoping someone here had seen a good one around somewhere.

Thanks in advance.

[jk3210]

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">function mailpage()
{
mail_str = "mailto:?subject= Check this link --> " + document.title;
mail_str += "&body= " + document.title;
mail_str += "... at: " + location.href;
location.href = mail_str;
}
</SCRIPT>

Then the link to it:

<a href="javascript:mailpage()" target="_top">Send this link to a friend</a>

[korkus2000]

I would consider another option for emailing than javascript. It only works for people who have client email software set up. Web mail won't handle this.

[stuntdubl]

What would you suggest as an alternative Korkus?

[martinibuster]

hotscripts.com [hotscripts.com]. They have over 50 scripts to handle this. Some cost money some don't. Most are free or ridiculously affordable.

The perl scripts have varying levels of functionality. Some of the funtionality choices include the ability to append the emails into a database, spam protection, swear word filtering, ip banning- lots of choices, from the simple to the complex.

Some scripts email the page content, some scripts send a link to the content. Review each script carefully before choosing. This could take some time...

[Fruit and Veg]

Do people actually those?

I never had. Just wondering, not flaming :)