Inserting Mailto Links into Emails

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Inserting Links

A mailto link is an HTML link that activates the default mail client on the computer. A mailto link can be inserted into your code to allow a website visitor to send you an email directly from your website.

To insert mailto links into an email, create or edit an email from the Email page in the left toolbar.

1. Double-click into a content block and highlight the email address you want to activate as a link.
2. Click the Link icon.
   
   

    

3. Type mailto: followed by the desired email address in the URL field.
4. Click Save. 
5. Click Save again.
   
   

    

Inserting Links via Code

There may be times when you need to add a link in emails that, when clicked, will open up a composition email pre-populated with the To and Subject lines. These emails allow a lead to quickly respond to your marketing communications.

To insert links via source code, create or edit an email from the Email page in the left toolbar.

Note: Editing the code of the entire email is not available in the New Email Editor. Instead, insert an HTML code block. Learn more about HTML Elements in the New Email Editor.  

1. Click    More Options.
2. Click View Code and, in the pop-up window that appears, locate the area within the code where you want the Mailto link to appear. 
    
   Note: If you have any trouble locating the area to add code, use the search feature to locate the text above or below the section you'd like to edit.
   
   
   

    

3. Insert the following line of code:

   <a href=”mailto:your.email.
   address@domain.com?subject=
   My Subject Line” 
   target=”_blank”>CONTACT US</a>

   
   
   

    

4. Edit the inserted code with your desired email address, subject content, and text.
5. Click Done Editing.
   
   

    

6. Click Save.
   
   

    

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