mailto: body field

chrisparr21681 · Feb 23, 2004

i am trying to produce an email with a link in to automatically fill in the subject line and the body field.
so far i have

mailto:test@test.com?subject=test&body=this is the bit i need help with

i need to be able to format the body field...i have tried using basic html commands like <br> but these just appear as written in the email....please help..

jpm121 · Feb 23, 2004

Could the problem be that you're using spaces in the body text? That won't fly.

<a href="mailto:<email>?subject=<subject>&body=<body>">email</a>

You can use the %20 character code to embed spaces or do a find/replace to make your life easier.

MHUK · Mar 4, 2004

Hi

I have the same question as Chrisparr regarding <BR>'s. I know how to add a 'horizontal' continuous line of text to the body of an email automatically.

I do this as follows:
<a href="mailto:test@test.com?subject=Test&body=This is the body of the email">

The text appears as follows in one line in the BODY:
"This is the body of the email"

But how would you be able to add a 'break' in the text?

Example, how would I be able to make the BODY appear as follows:

"This
is
the
body
of
the
email"

Where essentially 'breaks' (<BR>) are after each word.

Thank you for any help. Much appreciated.

MHUK

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