Opening Email app when click on "email" link

Question

how can i allow a clickable "EMAIL" text in html to automatically open some email app or site inserting the clicked email in the " To: " form?

This is an exact duplicate of [How to send mail with a Subject using a Mailto URL?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/1093925/691711). — zero298, May 10 '19 at 17:57

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '19 at 17:52

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Use mailto links:

<a href="mailto:someone@yoursite.com">Email Us</a>

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/html/mailto-links/

answered May 10 '19 at 17:52

gokublack

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '19 at 17:51

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Simply use the mailto URL format, like so:

<a href="mailto:someone@somewhere.com">email</a>

answered May 10 '19 at 17:51

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pankaj panchal · Answer 3 · 2021-05-22T05:14:19.387

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Simply use the following URL format

<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=someone@somewhere.com"                                  target="_blank">someone@somewhere.com</a>

edited May 22 '21 at 05:14

answered May 05 '21 at 13:37

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While this code may solve the question, [including an explanation](//meta.stackexchange.com/q/114762) of how and why this solves the problem would really help to improve the quality of your post, and probably result in more up-votes. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, not just the person asking now. Please [edit] your answer to add explanations and give an indication of what limitations and assumptions apply. – Yunnosch May 05 '21 at 13:39

Opening Email app when click on "email" link

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