Outlook 2013 does not take subject from mailto link

Question

Our program generates a simple mailto link like the following one:

mailto:[email protected]?&subject=dolphin&body=bla

When we open this link or I paste it into any browser, Outlook 2013 does start and fill out the recipient and body, but the subject always stays empty, no matter what subject I pass. I don't seem to be the only one with this issue in the company.

I'm not quite sure if this is an Outlook setting issue or a malformed link, that's why I'm asking here first.

Answer 1

This might be due to the use of & behind the ?

I do not have Outlook at hand to test, but would you mind trying:

mailto:[email protected]?subject=dolphin&body=bla