There is a website called https://mailxto.com that you help you achieve exactly what you are looking for.
It lets you a mailto: code into a clickable link by shorting it. you should checkout.
Solution 1 :
Solution 2 :
You can use the mailto protocol which allows opening a client’s e-mail system and begins a new email message.
mailto:sAddress[sHeaders]
where
sAddress – One or more valid e-mail addresses separated by a semicolon. You must use Internet-safe characters, such as “%20” for the space character.
sHeaders – One or more name-value pairs. The first pair should be prefixed by a “?” and any additional pairs should be prefixed by a “&”. The name can be one of the following strings.
- subject – Text to appear in the subject line of the message.
- body – Text to appear in the body of the message.
- CC – Addresses to be included in the “cc” (carbon copy) section of the message.
- BCC – Addresses to be included in the “bcc” (blind carbon copy) section of the message.
Windows Internet Explorer 7 and later. You must percent-encode all URL-reserved characters within a mailto: address. For example, the number sign (#) is used as a fragment identifier in URLs. When processing an address such as some#[email protected], Internet Explorer copies only the portion up to the number sign into the mail client; the fragment portion including the number sign is ignored. This behavior is by design.
For more information on the mailto protocol, see RFC2368: The mailto URL scheme.
Solution 3 :
This solution is very complex, but it will definitely work.
First, sign up to GitHub if you haven’t already. Create a new repository and name it whatever you want. Then add a new file called index.html and paste this code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=mailto:[email protected]?subject=Contact%20me">
<title>Redirecting to email...</title>
</head>
<body>
If you don't get redirected in 12 seconds automatically, you should
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Contact%20me">click this link</a
>.
</body>
</html>
Now set up GitHub pages. Click settings and go to github pages. Then select from master branch. Your domain should be [username].github.io/[repo name].
Set this domain in your Instagram bio or shorten it with Bitly first.
Problem :
I was wondering if it was possible to create a mailto like link which people can click and it will open their default mailing app with the inputed subject line, to field and email body.
I want to use this to put in my Instagram bio so that people can click on that link and have an email ready to send.
I’m a complete noob so initially I tried copy pasting a whole mailto line into the Instagram bio because copy pasting it into a browser seemed to work, but Instagram doesn’t allow that and changes the link to just be Gmail.com.
Thanks for the help.
Comments
Comment posted by Daan
If Instagram doesn’t allow it, then you can’t do it. Unless you link to another page that does it, like @leo848 mentioned.
Comment posted by Hassan Ahmed
I know the basics of using the mailto tag for when I’m making webpages. But my issue was with turning it into a link that I could pass around in social media where someone would click it and it would run like the mailto tag
Comment posted by Eugene Astafiev
Did you try to wrap the mailto string with
Comment posted by Hassan Ahmed
I know the basics of using the mailto tag for when I’m making webpages. But my issue was with turning it into a link that I could pass around in social media where someone would click it and it would run like the mailto tag.
Comment posted by leo848
I changed the solution so it will definitely work for you.