What is mailto´s URL on a webpage

Question

if you have a email address on the webpage - mailto:

then - is it possible to activate the mailto directly via URL - for example

http://www.homepage.com/mailto:email@email.com URL and if putting the url directly into the browser

then the mailto opens just as it would open if clicked to the email address on the home page

Elements on a web page do not necessarily have their own URLs. — jball, Feb 10 '11 at 17:41

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '11 at 17:41

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Get rid of the "http://www.homepage.com/" and just use "mailto:email@email.com".

answered Feb 10 '11 at 17:41

Ben Jakuben

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+1. Why even bother with a URL when a simple `mailto` would suffice? The question must be missing some key info, worded improperly, or something. – p.campbell Feb 10 '11 at 17:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '11 at 17:41

This would not work, because the web browser would just send a request to www.hompage.com for a page called mailto:email@email.com. In any situation where you would want to do this, you would be able to do a regular mailto: style link, such as:

<a href="mailto:email@email.com">MAIL ME</a>

What is mailto´s URL on a webpage

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