mailto

Hyperlink email prefix

Mailto is a URL scheme that creates a clickable link to an email address.

Clicking a mailto link opens the user's default email program with a new message addressed to the specified recipient: mailto:support@example.com.

The link can also prefill subject lines and body text.

Mailto links appear throughout the web but frustrate users who prefer webmail to desktop email clients.

functionality

compose

Create or arrange

Outlook · Thunderbird · Gmail · popup · redirect · prefill · recipient · automate · trigger · action

protocol

URI

Resource identification string

  • hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
  • schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
  • hrefHyperlink destination attribute

anchor · HTML · clickable · address · specification · RFC · syntax · encoding · subject · body

webdev

link

Point of connection

  • tagIdentifier or classifier
  • anchorSecures ships to seabed
  • attributeQuality assigned to something

href · HTML · embed · footer · clickable · button · icon · form · webpage · frontend

spam

harvesting

Gathering mature crops

protection · encoding · JavaScript · honeypot · crawlers · privacy · exposure · vulnerability · visible · concealment

Opposites
uri scheme/protocol type

mailtohttps

Encrypted web address prefix

file · sip · data · sms · ssh

Phrases
Family

mail, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailers, mailbox, mailman, airmail

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G