Size Limit of Hyperlink

Asked Jan 20 '12 at 15:32

Active Jan 31 '12 at 12:11

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Are there any size of a hyperlink? I am trying a link like below which is not working. Please suggest.

<a href="mailto:user@maildomain.com?body=LONG_TEXT_HERE">Click here</a>

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edited Jan 31 '12 at 12:11

skaffman

asked Jan 20 '12 at 15:32

chanchal1987

How does your "LONG_TEXT_HERE" look like? Is it URL encoded? – Stefan Jan 31 '12 at 12:14
How long is the long text? IIRC, there indeed is a size limit for mailto: URLs. – Pekka Jan 31 '12 at 12:15
"Extremely long URLs are usually a mistake. URLs over 2,000 characters will not work in the most popular web browser." From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/417184/896341 – Stefan Jan 31 '12 at 12:16
Also, what is "not working"? Does it do nothing when you click on it? Do you get a mail editor, but with the wrong content? Does your browser crash? Oh, is this from within a browser, or from within another mail message in Outlook? – Mr Lister Jan 31 '12 at 12:23
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possible duplicate of [What is the maximum length of a URL?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/417142/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-a-url) – Shadow Wizard Says No More War Jan 31 '12 at 12:31
@Stefan: LONG_TEXT_HERE is a encoaded HTML mail. – chanchal1987 Jan 31 '12 at 13:07
@Pekka: I have tried using a 12,108 char long text. – chanchal1987 Jan 31 '12 at 13:08
@MrLister: It do nothing when I click on it. – chanchal1987 Jan 31 '12 at 13:08
possible duplicate of [Effective maximum mailto: body lengths](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4473959/effective-maximum-mailto-body-lengths) – Pekka Jan 31 '12 at 17:41

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