To create an email link in HTML, you can use the <a> (anchor) element with the href attribute set to the "mailto:" URL scheme followed by the email address. Here's the basic HTML code for creating an email link:
<a href="mailto:youremail@example.com">Send an email</a>
Replace "youremail@example.com" with the actual email address you want to link to. You can also add a link text, such as "Send an email," between the opening and closing <a> tags. When a user clicks on the link, it will open their default email client with a new email addressed to the specified email.
Here's an example of a complete HTML document with an email link:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Email Link Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>You can <a href="mailto:youremail@example.com">send me an email</a> for any inquiries.</p>
</body>
</html>
When someone clicks on the "send me an email" link in their web browser, it will prompt them to open their email client and compose a message to the specified email address.
You can also add additional attributes to the anchor element, such as subject and body, to pre-fill the subject and body of the email. Here's an example:
<a href="mailto:youremail@example.com?subject=Question%20for%20You&body=I%20have%20a%20question%20for%20you.">Send an email</a>
In this example, the subject is set to "Question for You," and the body of the email is pre-filled with "I have a question for you." Make sure to URL-encode the subject and body text to handle special characters properly.
PRO TIP: Using this method it is possible that a web scraper can scrape your email address from your site and then send spam messages to that email.
Its best to protect your email address behind a captcha.
You can use the free email to link service https://VeilMail.io to protect your email address and prevent email spam.
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