The Nice Mailto Trick

If you ever want someone to e-mail you, than mailto is your answer!

When you insert this command into your html code, a link will be created.

Whoever clicks on this link will have their default mail client pop up!

Look at this code:

<A HREF="mailto:?">Send me an email</A>

This is how it looks to the viewer:

Send me an email

We can also before the question mark, type in the address which the viewer is to send the e-mail to, and look at what happens.

<A HREF="mailto:nilsmolina@comcast.net?">Send me an email</A>

Send me an e-mail

We can also add something to the subject line, too.

Look at what happens. We have added subject=This text is on the subject line&

<A HREF="mailto:nilsmolina@comcast.net?subject=This text is on the subject line&">Send me an email</A>

Send me an e-mail

OK, finally, we can even add text in the actual e-mail!

Look at what happens as we add body=This text is in the e-mail

<A HREF="mailto:nilsmolina@comcast.net?subject=This text is on the subject line&body=This text is in the e-mail">Send me an email</A>

Send me an e-mail

Wow, isn't that nice.

Yes, it is the nice mailto trick.