email link

**LIU** · 06 July 2014, 01:10 PM

Is there a way to link text line to an email and have subject line and body text completed?

Diana

**Egg Bramhill** · 06 July 2014, 01:20 PM

Yes, just select the text and link it to:
myemail@address.com?body= Welcome. How can I help%3F subject=Subject%20Line

**LIU** · 06 July 2014, 01:36 PM

Ahhh THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

**Acorn** · 06 July 2014, 03:02 PM

Note it has limitations: http://isolani.co.uk/articles/mailto.html.

That said, I use it regularly.

A wrinkle you may need: mailto:someone@example.com?subject=Email%20Suggestions&body=name:%0Aemail:
The first bold escape characters (%20) are used to allow spaces safely. The second forces a new line.

Acorn

mailto:	to set the recipient, or recipients, separate with comma
&cc=	to set the CC recipient(s)
&bcc=	to set the BCC recipient(s)
&subject=	to set the email subject, URL encode for longer sentences, so replace spaces with %20, etc.
&body=	to set the body of the message, you can add entire sentences here, including line breaks. Line breaks should be converted to %0A.

**gwpriester** · 06 July 2014, 04:28 PM

I have always used a ?. myname@myname.com?subject=Text to appear in the Subject line.

I guess this is one area where HTML is more forgiving or more flexible.

**Acorn** · 06 July 2014, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

I have always used a ?. myname@myname.com?subject=Text to appear in the Subject line.

I guess this is one area where HTML is more forgiving or more flexible.

Bedtime reading: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2368.
Acorn

**Egg Bramhill** · 06 July 2014, 08:45 PM

Yes, correct Gary, so did I

myemail@address.com?body= Welcome. How can I help%3F subject=Subject%20Line

just after the email address. And as Acorn points out I also believe there should be a ampersand (&) before the word subject.

**gwpriester** · 07 July 2014, 12:48 AM

Well, it works the way I have been using it with the ?. So what is the advantage (if any) of using an & instead of a ? ?

**Egg Bramhill** · 07 July 2014, 01:02 AM

Non at all Gary, that's exactly what I'm saying. The ? should preceed the & (or &'nd's)

**browj2** · 10 August 2014, 04:52 PM

Hi,

This is almost all covered in the XDPX10 manual, page 397, except for the subject. Thanks for that!

I have a minor problem with the preview. When I click on the email link in Preview, it opens my Outlook and opens/creates two replies instead of one. When I run the preview with IE, it only opens 1 reply, as it should. Anyone else notice this? Preview Bug?