# Sending email within Flash MX

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-within-flash-mx/5350>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 8, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-within-flash-mx/5350 "2002-09-08T21:19:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DeltaJosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DeltaJosh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DeltaJosh)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-within-flash-mx/5350/1 "2002-09-08T21:19:40Z")

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I’d like to be able to have the user click on text or a button within my Flash site that would open the user’s default email program.  
How can I do this?

If this can’t be done, than how can it be done in much the same way that HTML does using \<form action=”[mailto:emailAddress@somewhere.com](mailto:emailAddress@somewhere.com)” method=”post”\>?  
I’d rather not have to use components but if this is the only way then I will.

I’m using Flash MX to design my site.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-within-flash-mx/5350/2 "2002-09-08T21:34:04Z")

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[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5922](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5922)