Is it possible to add an HTML link in the body of a MAILTO link

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I have not had to mess with mailto links much   However I now need to add a link in the body of a mailto if it is possible     Is there a way to add a link or to change the email opened to an html email vs a text email   Something like    lt a href  mailto test test test body The message s first paragraph  0A 0aSecond paragraph  0A 0AThird Paragraph  0A 0ALink goes here  gt Link text goes here lt  a gt

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It isn t possible as far as I can tell  since a link needs HTML  and mailto links don t create an HTML email   This is probably for security as you could add javascript or iframes to this link and the email client might open up the end user for vulnerabilities

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Section 2 of RFC 2368 says that the body field is supposed to be in text plain format  so you can t do HTML   However even if you use plain text it s possible that some modern mail clients would render a URL as a clickable link anyway  though

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It isn t possible as far as I can tell  since a link needs HTML  and mailto links don t create an HTML email   This is probably for security as you could add javascript or iframes to this link and the email client might open up the end user for vulnerabilities

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Add the full link  with     http       to the beginning of a line  and most decent email clients will auto-link it either before sending  or at the other end when receiving   For really long urls that will likely wrap due to all the parameters  wrap the link in a less than greater than symbol   This tells the email client not to wrap the url   e g      lt http   www example com foo php this a amp really long amp url with amp lots and amp lots and amp lots of amp prameters on it gt

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The specification for  mailto  body says      The body of a message is simply lines of US-ASCII characters   The      only two limitations on the body are as follows          CR and LF MUST only occur together as CRLF  they MUST NOT appear    independently in the body           Lines of characters in the body MUST be limited to 998 characters  and SHOULD be limited to 78 characters  excluding the CRLF       https   tools ietf org html rfc5322 section-2 3  Generally nowadays most email clients are good at autolinking  but not all do  due to security concerns  You can likely find some work-arounds  but it won t necessarily work universally

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It isn t possible as far as I can tell  since a link needs HTML  and mailto links don t create an HTML email   This is probably for security as you could add javascript or iframes to this link and the email client might open up the end user for vulnerabilities

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Add the full link  with     http       to the beginning of a line  and most decent email clients will auto-link it either before sending  or at the other end when receiving   For really long urls that will likely wrap due to all the parameters  wrap the link in a less than greater than symbol   This tells the email client not to wrap the url   e g      lt http   www example com foo php this a amp really long amp url with amp lots and amp lots and amp lots of amp prameters on it gt

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Here s what I put together  It works on the select mobile device I needed it for  but I m not sure how universal the solution is    lt a href  mailto me me com subject Me amp body  3Chtml 20xmlns 3D 22http  2F 2Fwww w3 org 2F1999 2Fxhtml 22 3E 3C 2Fhead 3E 3Cbody 3EPlease 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http  2F 2Fwww w3 org 22 3Eclick 3C 2Fa 3E 20me 3C 2Fbody 3E 3C 2Fhtml 3E  gt

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Section 2 of RFC 2368 says that the body field is supposed to be in text plain format  so you can t do HTML   However even if you use plain text it s possible that some modern mail clients would render a URL as a clickable link anyway  though

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Here s what I put together  It works on the select mobile device I needed it for  but I m not sure how universal the solution is    lt a href  mailto me me com subject Me amp body  3Chtml 20xmlns 3D 22http  2F 2Fwww w3 org 2F1999 2Fxhtml 22 3E 3C 2Fhead 3E 3Cbody 3EPlease 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http  2F 2Fwww w3 org 22 3Eclick 3C 2Fa 3E 20me 3C 2Fbody 3E 3C 2Fhtml 3E  gt

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Add the full link  with     http       to the beginning of a line  and most decent email clients will auto-link it either before sending  or at the other end when receiving   For really long urls that will likely wrap due to all the parameters  wrap the link in a less than greater than symbol   This tells the email client not to wrap the url   e g      lt http   www example com foo php this a amp really long amp url with amp lots and amp lots and amp lots of amp prameters on it gt

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Section 2 of RFC 2368 says that the body field is supposed to be in text plain format  so you can t do HTML   However even if you use plain text it s possible that some modern mail clients would render a URL as a clickable link anyway  though

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Add the full link  with     http       to the beginning of a line  and most decent email clients will auto-link it either before sending  or at the other end when receiving   For really long urls that will likely wrap due to all the parameters  wrap the link in a less than greater than symbol   This tells the email client not to wrap the url   e g      lt http   www example com foo php this a amp really long amp url with amp lots and amp lots and amp lots of amp prameters on it gt

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Please check below javascript in IE  Don t know if other modern browser will work or not    lt html gt       lt head gt           lt script type  text javascript  gt              function OpenOutlookDoc                    try                        var outlookApp   new ActiveXObject  Outlook Application                        var nameSpace   outlookApp getNameSpace  MAPI                        mailFolder   nameSpace getDefaultFolder 6                       mailItem   mailFolder Items add  IPM Note FormA                        mailItem Subject  a subject test                       mailItem To    an email here                       mailItem HTMLBody     lt b gt bold lt  b gt                        mailItem display  0                                      catch e                       alert e                          act on any error that you get                                          lt  script gt       lt  head gt       lt body gt           lt a href  javascript OpenOutlookDoc    gt Click lt  a gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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I have implement following it working for iOS devices but failed on android devices   lt a  href  mailto  subject Your mate might be interested    amp body  lt div style  padding  0   gt  lt div style  padding  0   gt  lt p gt I found this on the site I think you might find it interesting    lt a href    Request Url ToString      gt Click here  lt  a gt  lt  p gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt   gt Share This lt  a gt

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Please check below javascript in IE  Don t know if other modern browser will work or not    lt html gt       lt head gt           lt script type  text javascript  gt              function OpenOutlookDoc                    try                        var outlookApp   new ActiveXObject  Outlook Application                        var nameSpace   outlookApp getNameSpace  MAPI                        mailFolder   nameSpace getDefaultFolder 6                       mailItem   mailFolder Items add  IPM Note FormA                        mailItem Subject  a subject test                       mailItem To    an email here                       mailItem HTMLBody     lt b gt bold lt  b gt                        mailItem display  0                                      catch e                       alert e                          act on any error that you get                                          lt  script gt       lt  head gt       lt body gt           lt a href  javascript OpenOutlookDoc    gt Click lt  a gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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Section 2 of RFC 2368 says that the body field is supposed to be in text plain format  so you can t do HTML   However even if you use plain text it s possible that some modern mail clients would render a URL as a clickable link anyway  though

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The specification for  mailto  body says      The body of a message is simply lines of US-ASCII characters   The      only two limitations on the body are as follows          CR and LF MUST only occur together as CRLF  they MUST NOT appear    independently in the body           Lines of characters in the body MUST be limited to 998 characters  and SHOULD be limited to 78 characters  excluding the CRLF       https   tools ietf org html rfc5322 section-2 3  Generally nowadays most email clients are good at autolinking  but not all do  due to security concerns  You can likely find some work-arounds  but it won t necessarily work universally

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It isn t possible as far as I can tell  since a link needs HTML  and mailto links don t create an HTML email   This is probably for security as you could add javascript or iframes to this link and the email client might open up the end user for vulnerabilities

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I have implement following it working for iOS devices but failed on android devices   lt a  href  mailto  subject Your mate might be interested    amp body  lt div style  padding  0   gt  lt div style  padding  0   gt  lt p gt I found this on the site I think you might find it interesting    lt a href    Request Url ToString      gt Click here  lt  a gt  lt  p gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt   gt Share This lt  a gt

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