Now, I said that this method is simple, but not entirely reliable. For the time being, it is perfectly OK to use this method as you work through the tutorial. As you complete the lessons you can practice sending yourself information. For most people, under most circumstances, everything will be just fine. However, for some folks, submitting a mailto form results in just a blank mail message popping up.
Nothing is harmed, but nothing is sent either.
I've written a simple demo that will generate a mailto form for you. You can use it to see how your system handles mailto forms. If you'd like, you can skip the rest of this lesson for now and dive right into making forms. In this case you will not be able to even practice with the simpler mailto action. You will have to go straight into using a CGI form handler to practice with.