Is it possible for a mailto link to include a subject as well?

<a href="mailto:a@b.com">

Re: Mailto link with subject? by Tom

Tom
Tue Apr 08 16:43:26 CDT 2008

You can prefill the subject line in the email by adding the subject preceded
by '?subject=' after the email address.

So the link now becomes:

<a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com?subject=Mail from Our Site">Email
Us</a>
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
"You're a daisy if you do!"
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"RoadKill" <RoadKill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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: Is it possible for a mailto link to include a subject as well?
:
: <a href="mailto:a@b.com">



Re: Mailto link with subject? by RoadKill

RoadKill
Tue Apr 08 16:56:01 CDT 2008

Brilliant!

Thank you

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:

> You can prefill the subject line in the email by adding the subject preceded
> by '?subject=' after the email address.
>
> So the link now becomes:
>
> <a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com?subject=Mail from Our Site">Email
> Us</a>
> --
> Tom [Pepper] Willett
> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> "You're a daisy if you do!"
> ---
> FrontPage Support:
> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
> ===
>
> "RoadKill" <RoadKill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7124A844-4506-41F4-8B9F-B8DAB1137CD5@microsoft.com...
> : Is it possible for a mailto link to include a subject as well?
> :
> : <a href="mailto:a@b.com">
>
>
>

Re: Mailto link with subject? by Karl

Karl
Tue Apr 08 17:01:52 CDT 2008

RoadKill wrote:
> Brilliant!

Good lord, man.

Moreso than, say: http://www.google.com/search?q=mailto+subject

Just imagine, if you will, had you typed your Subject into Google rather than
here...
--
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http://vfred.mvps.org



Re: Mailto link with subject? by RoadKill

RoadKill
Tue Apr 08 17:14:00 CDT 2008

Whatever

"Karl E. Peterson" wrote:

> RoadKill wrote:
> > Brilliant!
>
> Good lord, man.
>
> Moreso than, say: http://www.google.com/search?q=mailto+subject
>
> Just imagine, if you will, had you typed your Subject into Google rather than
> here...
> --
> ..NET: It's About Trust!
> http://vfred.mvps.org
>
>
>

Re: Mailto link with subject? by Mike

Mike
Tue Apr 08 17:44:29 CDT 2008

You can also expand on that by adding in a ?cc= for carbon copies and ?bcc=
for blind CCs.

I will also warn you that once the search engines index your web pages with
mailtos: on them, the email harvesters will not be too far behind. My
recommendation is to use a form and a server side script to eliminate that
threat.

A few years ago, I wrote a script for someone and had my addy in the script
in case he needed help. He posted that entire script here and that addy now
gets ~50 spams a day.



"RoadKill" <RoadKill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E623078-98AF-4092-93F3-F5874482008A@microsoft.com...
> Brilliant!
>
> Thank you
>
> "Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
>
>> You can prefill the subject line in the email by adding the subject
>> preceded
>> by '?subject=' after the email address.
>>
>> So the link now becomes:
>>
>> <a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com?subject=Mail from Our Site">Email
>> Us</a>
>> --
>> Tom [Pepper] Willett
>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>> "You're a daisy if you do!"
>> ---
>> FrontPage Support:
>> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
>> ===
>>
>> "RoadKill" <RoadKill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7124A844-4506-41F4-8B9F-B8DAB1137CD5@microsoft.com...
>> : Is it possible for a mailto link to include a subject as well?
>> :
>> : <a href="mailto:a@b.com">
>>
>>
>>


Re: Mailto link with subject? by RoadKill

RoadKill
Tue Apr 08 18:41:01 CDT 2008

Yeah, I am aware of that aspect as well. But this is strictly an intranet
site so that shouldn't be an issue for us. Thanks for the thought though.

"Mike Mueller" wrote:

> You can also expand on that by adding in a ?cc= for carbon copies and ?bcc=
> for blind CCs.
>
> I will also warn you that once the search engines index your web pages with
> mailtos: on them, the email harvesters will not be too far behind. My
> recommendation is to use a form and a server side script to eliminate that
> threat.
>
> A few years ago, I wrote a script for someone and had my addy in the script
> in case he needed help. He posted that entire script here and that addy now
> gets ~50 spams a day.
>
>
>
> "RoadKill" <RoadKill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E623078-98AF-4092-93F3-F5874482008A@microsoft.com...
> > Brilliant!
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > "Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
> >
> >> You can prefill the subject line in the email by adding the subject
> >> preceded
> >> by '?subject=' after the email address.
> >>
> >> So the link now becomes:
> >>
> >> <a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com?subject=Mail from Our Site">Email
> >> Us</a>
> >> --
> >> Tom [Pepper] Willett
> >> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
> >> "You're a daisy if you do!"
> >> ---
> >> FrontPage Support:
> >> http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
> >> ===
> >>
> >> "RoadKill" <RoadKill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7124A844-4506-41F4-8B9F-B8DAB1137CD5@microsoft.com...
> >> : Is it possible for a mailto link to include a subject as well?
> >> :
> >> : <a href="mailto:a@b.com">
> >>
> >>
> >>
>