How to send mail with a Subject using a Mailto URL?

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I need to make a Mailto link to my website which is suppose to contain either the product name or the product page URL in the subject section. How can I do it?
Exp: When you get an email through eBay about a product you are selling or buying, you automatically know what product that email is about by seeing the product name in the subject section.
How can i do this?

Frank, that subject line really could have been better. – John Saunders Jul 07 '09 at 18:22 — John Saunders, Jul 07 '09 at 18:22

score 59 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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<a href="mailto:example@foo.com?subject=hello world">Email Me!</a>

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answered Jul 07 '09 at 18:20

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@sur007 Thank you for pointing this out. I was able to point them to a cached copy in the wayback machine. Thanks! – Sampson Sep 18 '13 at 18:49
wlecome, My Pleasure. – surhidamatya Sep 19 '13 at 03:21

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '09 at 23:41

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I've run into problems with this before when I didn't url encode the value, so I would suggest (using lc's example):

<a href="mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=This+Is+My+Product">

or

<a href="mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=This%20Is%20My%20Product">

answered Jul 08 '09 at 23:41

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lc. · Answer 3 · 2018-12-20T06:13:55.823

This page [Link Dead] outlines the syntax of mailto URIs:

Address message to multiple recipients

,   (comma separating e-mail addresses)

Add entry in the "Subject" field
```
subject=Subject Field Text
```
Add entry in the "Copy To" or "CC" field
```
cc=id@internet.node
```
Add entry in the "Blind Copy To" or "BCC" field
```
bcc=id@internet.node
```

Add entry in the "Body" field

body=Your message here

Within the body use "%0A" for a new line,
use "%0A%0A" for a new line preceded by a blank line (paragraph),

What you are looking for is:

<a href="mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=This Is My Product">

Note, it's probably a good idea to URL encode the spaces with either a + or a %20:

<a href="mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=This+Is+My+Product">

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 07 '09 at 18:21

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<a href="mailto:stefan.mai@example.com?subject=YourSubjectHere">Try This</a>

If you want something more advanced, you're going to have to code it from scratch (or use someone else's script). Try looking into PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, etc.

answered Jul 07 '09 at 18:21

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