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Posted by Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

why does my email address in HTML not generate an email automatically

<h2>Contact</h2>
           <p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mail to:coolvrexperience@gmail.com">coolvrexperience@gmail.com</a></p>

6 Answers

steven swensen
steven swensen
7,926 Points
steven swensen
steven swensen
7,926 Points

The only issue I can see is there is a space between 'mail' and 'to' it should be 'mailto'. also the mailto is only supported on cretin versions of Firefox Chrome and Opera. If you are using IE, edge, safari, or Android, it won't work. Hope that helps.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points

It looks like a moderator was nice enough to turn your comment into an answer. Now we can upvote it.

Doli Harahap
Doli Harahap
6,246 Points
Doli Harahap
Doli Harahap
6,246 Points

There should be no space between "mail" and "to".

Miriam Allman
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Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points
Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

Thank you all - I will give this a try

Miriam

Miriam Allman
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Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points
Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

I removed the space and it still did not work - when I click on the link - I receive an error message "file not found".
I am using Version 61.0.3163.100 Chrome - could this be the issue?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points

After making "mailto:" one word, you might need to reconfigure the mail client in your system.

If this is a Windows system, here is an article on setting it, with some user comments at the end about potential other issues.

Miriam Allman
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Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points
Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

Steven,

Thanks for the response - I am on a mac system, not Windows though

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,228 Points

You might need another technique, but that error could still mean you need to reconfigure the mail client.