Creating Advanced XHTML Email Links: Include Subject, CC, BCC, and Email Body
Written by David Walsh on Thursday, March 20, 2008
Creating email links is a piece of cake, right? It’s as simple as:
<a href="mailto:live@wembley.com">Email Oasis</a>
Everyone knows this. Did you know, however, that you can include subject, CC, BCC, and email body text information in the link as well? Using a querystring-like syntax, you can do more with that simple link.
<a href="mailto:live@wembley.com">Email Oasis</a> <!-- add the subject --> <a href="mailto:live@wembley.com?Subject=Your Next Show">Email Oasis</a> <!-- add the cc's and bcc's --> <a href="mailto:live@wembley.com?Subject=Your Next Show&CC=johnl@beatles.com&BCC=paulm@wings.com">Email Oasis</a> <!-- add some default body text --> <a href="mailto:live@wembley.com?Subject=Your Next Show&CC=johnl@beatles.com&BCC=paulm@wings.com&Body=I can't wait for the next show!">Email Oasis</a>
Remember that simply placing email addresses on a page without encoding them first is like simply emailing spammers your email address. Encode your email addresses!
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Your post here saved me some time at work, so thanks. I can just never remember if its PHP or URL encoding that is choosy about how CC is written (cc, CC, or Cc).