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You can create an email link in HTML using the mailto: protocol inside an <a> tag. When clicked, it opens the user's default email client with pre-filled fields like recipient, subject, CC, BCC, and body.
Example: A complete email link with subject, CC, BCC, and body
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Email Link Example</title></head><body><h2>Contact Us</h2><a href="mailto:support@example.com?cc=manager@example.com&bcc=admin@example.com&subject=Support%20Request&body=Hello%20Team,%0A%0AI%20need%20assistance%20with%20my%20account.%0AThank%20you.">Send Email</a></body></html>Copied!✕CopyHow it works:
mailto: — Specifies that the link should open an email client instead of a webpage.
?subject= — Prefills the subject line (spaces encoded as %20).
&cc= / &bcc= — Adds carbon copy and blind carbon copy recipients.
&body= — Prefills the email body (line breaks encoded as %0A).
Basic version:
<a href="mailto:someone@example.com">Send Email</a>Copied!✕CopyWith multiple recipients:
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Code sample
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