HTML Email Code

The following is an example of html email code. You can copy and paste this code into your own HTML documents - just change the values of the attributes as required.

The following code creates an email link - when your users click on the link, the browser should open the default email client with the "to" and "subject" fields already populated.

Basic Email Link Code

To use this code, simply change the email address to suit your own context.

Code	Result
<a href="mailto:homer@example.com">Email Homer</a>	Email Homer

Add A Subject Line

You can automatically populate the subject line with the following code:

Code	Result
<a href="mailto:homer@example.com?subject=Doh!">Email Homer</a>	Email Homer

About Email Link Code

Email links are created using the HTML anchor tag, which is the same tag used for creating links to another web page. To learn more about creating links, check out the HTML Links lesson of the HTML tutorial.