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Generating an email with a QR code

I am trying to generate QR codes for each of my customers. Each QR code would create an email to me. I've researched and I am pretty sure that I understand how to best create emails with a specific subject and body filled in.

  1. Create the mailto code/script/line that would create the email.

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Test%20Subject&body=This%20is%20a%20test.

  1. Create a tinyurl out of the script, to create a more reliable QR code.

http://tinyurl.com/nry2xud

  1. Make a QR code out of it with any standard website. I used http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-generator.

This is all fine, but I want the QR codes to mask the sender's email address. I do not want to get an email from a personal email account that the customer has on their phone. I want to replace their email address with the company address that the specific customer works for.

Is this possible? Thank you for any help you can give.

Solution

  • By definition, mailto uses whatever mail client is configured in the user's browser, and sends from their own email address. (From the spec: "Originator fields like From ... when present in the URI, MUST be ignored.")

    If you have a web server somewhere, a better solution would be to avoid mailto entirely. Instead, have the QR code direct the user to a page on your server. The server script for that page (written in, say, PHP) would send you the email. Then, it would also serve up a confirmation message to the user.