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How can I simple send an email without Outlook or something with JavaScript?

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    Just curious, why would you want to do that? Commented Apr 27, 2010 at 0:49
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    Shame the nick is "shady" because I can't believe a person would really want to do this nefariously. Also, server-side script is invariably the correct answer. Commented Apr 27, 2010 at 0:55
  • I want to add an auto-invite in my blog, and really dont know how Commented Apr 27, 2010 at 1:17
  • Shay-dee! This is totally shady! It's beyond shady Commented Apr 27, 2010 at 3:45

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You need to write a server-side script to send the email, then call it using AJAX.

Beware of spammers, though.

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Unfortunately, you can't send an email using only JavaScript. Your JavaScript will need to send the email data (subject, replyto, message, etc.) to a server script (PHP, Python, etc.) which can then send your message from the mailserver.

Here's how using PHP: http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/How_to_Send_Email_from_a_PHP_Script.htm

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