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Mailthis.to Example
<form action="https://mailthis.to/example" method="POST" encType="multipart/form-data">
<h3>Contact Form (example)</h3>
<!-- Name -->
<input type="email" name="name" placeholder="Your name">
<!-- Email -->
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@mail.com">
<!-- Phone Number -->
<input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="+1 (255) 555-5555">
<!-- Textarea (Message) -->
<textarea name="message" placeholder="Enter your message here" style="height:90px"></textarea>
<!-- File attachments -->
<input type="file" name="file" placeholder="">
<!-- Optional (hidden) fields -->
<!-- Custom email Subject -->
<input type="hidden" name="_subject" value="Contact form submitted">
<!-- Custom email ReplyTo Address -->
<input type="hidden" name="_replyto" value="foo@bar.co">
<!-- Redirect to a page after recaptcha -->
<input type="hidden" name="_after" value="https://myhomepage.net/">
<!-- Honeypot (to catch comment spam bots) -->
<input type="hidden" name="_honeypot" value="">
<!-- Apply a custom confirmation message on the second step -->
<input type="hidden" name="_confirmation" value="">
<!-- Submit Button -->
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form" class="btn btn-primary">
</form>
@ulpoh
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ulpoh commented Jun 4, 2019

Hi guys,

I am new to mailto so i noticed that i couldn't see the test mail sent to my email box.

I only got the message from mailto "You received this because you signed up for MailThis.to, a form to email service.

without showing the content of the mail

Have a Wonderful Day!"

@Bluewavenow
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I meet the same issue as ulpoh, never received an email. Thank you in advance for your help

@CodeAlDente
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You received this because you signed up for MailThis.to, a form to email se=
rvice. <br><br><br><br>Have a Wonderful Day!<br><br><img src=3D"https://u94=
00108.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/open?upn=............../>

ref https://sendgrid.com/docs/ui/account-and-settings/tracking/#open-tracking

A tracking pixel inside the mail. Come on @kidGodzilla, seriously?

@armanrozika
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is this still maintained?

@petejacobson
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seems like not maintained, I didn't get any confirmation emails etc. Really nice concept, sorry to see it not working

@kidGodzilla
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Author

Sorry for the late reply, I didn't get notifications for this (I had sold the project a few years back).

It seems the new owner abandoned it after adding a spammy redirect to the Thank you page a while back, and then stopped paying for Sendgrid & the domain renewal this year.

I've since restored service and reverted the changes. Should be back online and running now.

As for the Tracking pixel @CodeAlDente mentioned, it's either a Sendgrid default, or something added after I stopped working on this. I'll take a look at one of the test emails I sent to see if it's there.

@petejacobson
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that's awesome! Did not expect to hear back! Thanks @kidGodzilla

@laureen-m
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@kidGodzilla - Hi! Just discovered this amazing service. Everything seems to be set up right, except that when I receive the emails, I don't see their content, it just says "You've received an email". Maybe I'm missing something very obvious, but I don't really know what to do. Can you help? Thanks!

@laureen-m
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Hi again @kidGodzilla - I just figured it out, I didn't have a name attribute on the form fields. It's working great now. Thank you!

@sarahmonster
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sarahmonster commented Oct 20, 2020

@kidGodzilla I'm having issues with the redirect as well—I've put in a value for it, but when I submit the form, I wind up stuck on a blank screen with a teensy recaptcha in the corner:

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My form looks like this (simplified):

<form action="https://mailthis.to/email@" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="_after" value="https://letsgetmarriedinacastle.com/thanks/">
</form>

The email sends, but it looks as though it gets stuck at the recaptcha step. Any tips on how to fix it?

@mwt
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mwt commented Jan 18, 2021

This user has exceeded their MailThis.to Quota.

This is kind of a problem since this is the main way to contact mailthis.to. Is there some other way to contact the team?

@TKStudios
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@sarahmonster Does this happen with every request? From what I read on MailThis page they said that they may make some users complete captchas to help reduce potential spam. Maybe their captcha service is broken?

@KingstonLeung03
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KingstonLeung03 commented May 1, 2021

Even if I verified, when I try sending a form it says:
"Success. A verification link has been sent to your email. Email:xxxxx@gmail.com Alias: xxxxxx@gmail.com."
Every time I try reverifying it just says:
"This email has already been verified"

@StephanReiners
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@kidGodzilla
I have problems to login, as js.jotter.app seems to be dead ...
I'll start using this great service and wonder, if it is stable and can be used in productional environments.
Please give a feedback.

BR Stephan

@tpritchard843
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@KingstonLeung03 Did you ever figure out the verification issue? I am having the same problem where it sends me a verification email instead of a form

@ArminVdg
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Hi,
I tried to send an angular form through angular service. But got this error below. Is anyone meet this type of issue?
error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON"

Thanks in advance!

@MichaelEr
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Hi, I tried to send an angular form through angular service. But got this error below. Is anyone meet this type of issue? error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON"

Thanks in advance!

I am getting the same error whenever I try to POST from Angular.
I am wondering whether I am doing something wrong, is it there an issue with the service?

@LMyers1012
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Hi, I tried to send an angular form through angular service. But got this error below. Is anyone meet this type of issue? error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON"
Thanks in advance!

I am getting the same error whenever I try to POST from Angular. I am wondering whether I am doing something wrong, is it there an issue with the service?

Try adding {responseType: 'text'} to your post request.
Like this:
return this.http.post(this.api, input, { responseType: 'text' })

@UsmanRajput89
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is it not working nowadays?

@mwt
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mwt commented Jul 25, 2023

is it not working nowadays?

It's been broken for two and a half years

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