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Questions tagged [mailto]

Following by email address, this is href value of a HTML tag (link). It permits to visitors of a web site by clicking on link to send new email. Default email client is opened on new mail page with recipient email address filled.

Following by email address, this is href value of a HTML tag (link). It permits to visitors of a web site by clicking on link to send new email. Default email client is opened on new mail page with recipient email address filled. Example: Send me an email

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Should plus be encoded in mailto: hyperlinks?

When placing an email address with an address tag (aka sub-addressing) in a mailto hyperlink … mail us now! … should the plus in the email be URL encoded? mail…
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Are mailto: links practically deprecated?

I was thinking... Mailto: links are handled by standalone email clients only. Most users nowadays use webmail (like GMail). Webmail can't handle mailto: links. When a webmail user clicks a mailto: link, he gets either a confusing message about no…
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Is there any benefit to put rel='nofollow' on mailto links?

Since bots have a fixed budget to spend to crawl websites on a regular basis, does it makes sense to mark mailto links with rel='nofollow' to make sure them don't spend time on these (especially if these are present on every page)? Example:
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Is there any SEO issue to give nofollow for mailto links?

I have seen some of the websites who are using nofollow at mail address. I want to know about it that if I use it so will I get any benefit from SEO purpose. Example
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404 crawl error for mailto:info@mydoamin.co.uk in Google Webmaster Tools

I'm getting a 404 crawl error for mailto:info@mydoamin.co.uk, in Google webmaster tools under the health > crawl errors. Surly Google should see that mailto: is related to an email not a webpage.. The HTML I'm using for the mailto on my page is
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Will using a mailto link on your web site still get that address spammed in 2018?

It seems that having a clickable mailto link is a good UX, especially for mobile users. But from what I understand, mailto links open up an email to spam more easily due to spam bots. At least, that's what used to be said about them years ago (today…
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Make mailto links work with my users webmail such as Gmail and Yahoo

I'm running into the same problem as the person who asked Are mailto: links practically deprecated? During user testing we are finding that when we ask users to click a mailto link to send an email, a large percentage of users don't have their…
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