Adding urgent priority to mail set from mailto link

Question

I want to add a mailto link on our web page. I want to add a urgent priority to this mail.

Katy

You want to encode the priority in the link directly? I do not think this is possible. – Murrelet

Answer 1

mailto links just doesn't support this feature , sorry.

however, you could use a specific subject and filter it in your inbox

<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Urgent">Send a email</a> 

String

Answer 2

You can get your priority, but probably not that way.

Most mail clients honor subject= and body= in the query string of a mailto: link. Some mail clients treat multiple body= attributes as different lines; others only use the last body. Getting to your point, though: I don't think most clients will let you set priority, and it only takes one client that won't do it to make your system unreliable.

The easiest approach is to use mail filters to set priority on inbound mail. The filters should set the priority based on the subject lines, which you can reliably control.

If your mail system's filters can't set priority, try sorting to different mail folders.

Shareeshareholder

Answer 3

You can't do this with a mailto: link, but you could create a server-side contact form that sends the e-mail out with the proper headers.

Garnes

Answer 4

I guess if such a feature exist it's browser-specific.

from w3's website:

User agents may support MAILTO URL extensions that are not yet Internet standards (e.g., appending subject information to a URL with the syntax "?Subject=my%20subject" where any space characters are replaced by "%20"). Some user agents also support "?Cc=email-address".

Muse

you can append all of those things but there is no support for priority – String

Answer 5

It can't be done.

Plectognath