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HTML HTML Basics Going Further with HTML Link to Email

Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points
Posted by Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points

Mailto Form

I noticed that Guil's form differ from mine even though i used the exact syntax he used. His mailto form has To, cc, subject and from while mine has To, cc and subject. Is this as a result of the default email programs(Mac and Windows)?

Dan Thomas
Dan Thomas
Courses Plus Student 1,611 Points

It may depend on the email client that you are using. I am using Mailbird and "from" is the first line.

Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points
Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points

Thanks Dan Thomas I thought as much

1 Answer

Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points

Hey Enemuo, did you make sure you included the query string at the end of the email address inside the href attribute? Should look like this:

<a href="mailto:name@example.com?subject=Hello%20there">name@example.com</a>
Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points
Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points

Thanks again matt. I by query symbol you mean the question(?) mark,then YES i included it. I just wondering how he got the "from" option