How do I set a proper name for the recipient when in HTML I want to use the "mailto" tag. Something like: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>mailto:"John Wayne(jw@email.com)?subject.. </code></pre> How do I achieve that ??

The original standard for <code>mailto:</code> links, RFC 1738, says this: <blockquote> A mailto URL takes the form: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>mailto:<rfc822-addr-spec> </code></pre> where <code><rfc822-addr-spec></code> is (the encoding of an) <code>addr-spec</code>, as specified in RFC 822 [6]. </blockquote> Under that definition, no proper name could be included. But the <code>mailto:</code> section of RFC 1738 has been superseded by RFC 2368, which allows (among other things, including predefined subject lines) for an RFC 822 <code>mailbox</code> specification—which includes a proper name. [2016-05-31] As David Balažic points out in a comment, RFC 2368 is in turn obsoleted by RFC 6068. From Section 9, “Main Changes from RFC 2368”: <blockquote> The main changes from RFC 2368 are as follows: <ul> <li>Changed syntax from RFC 2822 <code><mailbox></code> to [RFC5322] <code><addr-spec></code>.</li> </ul> </blockquote> In actual use, <code>mailto:Fred Foo<foo@example.com></code> still seems to work, but it’s not officially supported; you may also have to encode the space, i.e., <code>mailto:Fred%20Foo<foo@example.com></code>, and/or put the name in quotes, i.e., <code>mailto:"Fred Foo"<foo@example.com></code>.

Try this: <code>mailto:%22John%20Wayne%22%3cjw@email.com%3e?subject..</code> Wrap the name in <code>%22</code> and the email has <code>%3c</code> before it and <code>%3e</code> after it and <code>%20</code> for spaces That will output: <code>"John Wayne"<jw@email.com></code> Full list of URL Encoding here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp

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How do I set a proper name for the recipient when in HTML I want to use the "mailto" tag.

Something like:

mailto:"John Wayne([email protected])?subject..

How do I achieve that ??

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asked Nov 16 '11 06:11

SF Developer

2 Answers

The original standard for mailto: links, RFC 1738, says this:

A mailto URL takes the form:
mailto:<rfc822-addr-spec> 
where <rfc822-addr-spec> is (the encoding of an) addr-spec, as specified in RFC 822 [6].

Under that definition, no proper name could be included.

But the mailto: section of RFC 1738 has been superseded by RFC 2368, which allows (among other things, including predefined subject lines) for an RFC 822 mailbox specification—which includes a proper name.

[2016-05-31] As David Balažic points out in a comment, RFC 2368 is in turn obsoleted by RFC 6068. From Section 9, “Main Changes from RFC 2368”:

The main changes from RFC 2368 are as follows:

Changed syntax from RFC 2822 <mailbox> to [RFC5322] <addr-spec>.

In actual use, mailto:Fred Foo<[email protected]> still seems to work, but it’s not officially supported; you may also have to encode the space, i.e., mailto:Fred%20Foo<[email protected]>, and/or put the name in quotes, i.e., mailto:"Fred Foo"<[email protected]>.

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answered Oct 08 '22 19:10

J. C. Salomon

Try this: mailto:%22John%20Wayne%22%[email protected]%3e?subject..

Wrap the name in %22 and the email has %3c before it and %3e after it and %20 for spaces

That will output: "John Wayne"<[email protected]>

Full list of URL Encoding here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp

answered Oct 08 '22 18:10

Jason Ellis

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