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JavaScript cannot initiate an email. Only the user, by clicking a link or a form, can send an email.
An opposing argument was put forward by Clif Hopwood:
How about:
function mailIt() {
Mail="mailto:me@nowhere.com?subject=Help";
window.location.href=Mail;
}which opens the clients mail composer, unless Outlook grabs it, but that isn't a limitation caused by JavaScript. Additionally I have used JavaScript to send a form using "action=mailto".
However, the user still has to hit the send button - thank goodness!
For email examples, take a look at the email articles on irt.org.