Form question: mailto:

I made a simple form with the intention of allowing viewers
an opportunity to offer feedback. It's directed to an email
address. In testing, when I click submit, the feedback comes up in
email format and the viewer has to click send. Also, the text is
coded with + between each word.
Will this type of form allow the viewer to hit submit and
have the message send directly? And why is the message being sent
with the +?
I don't know if I'm explaining myself right. Please check it
out to see what I mean.
Here's the site:
http://www.adunate.com/kitchenComments.html
Here's the coding:
<div id="form">
<form id="comments" name="Comments" method="post"
action="mailto:[email protected]">
<label> Share your feedback and ideas! </label>
<label><br />
<textarea name="Comments" rows="20"
cols="30"></textarea>
</label>
<div align="center">
<label><br />
<input name="reset" type="reset" id="reset" value="Reset"
/>
</label>
<label>
<input name="Submit" type="submit" id="Submit"
value="Submit" />
</label>
<label></label>
</div>
</form>
</div>

This is because that using the mailto function forces the
users email client to open to send the email, which is very very
annoying. Especially if they don't use outlook. The reason all the
other stuff appears is because your buttons and the values are
being placed within the body of the email.
If you want to send the email directly from the form, you
should use a mail script of your preferred programming language
such as PHP, ASP, or ASP.NET.
My advice, do not use the mailto.

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