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I need to automatically open a user’s default email client when they save some content on a page. I need to populate the email subject, to address, and put some content in the email body.
What is the best option to achieve this?
I’m aware of the mailto: attribute, but the user must click on this and I’m not sure it allows you to specifiy the subject and content?
As described by RFC 6068, mailto allows you to specify subject and body, as well as cc fields. For example:
User doesn’t need to click a link if you force it to be opened with JavaScript
Be aware that there is no single, standard way in which browsers/email clients handle mailto links (e.g. subject and body fields may be discarded without a warning). Also there is a risk that popup and ad blockers, anti-virus software etc. may silently block forced opening of mailto links.