Attach File Through mailto URI

Question

Is it possible to attach a file using "mailto:" redirect in javascript?

Something like this:

document.location = "mailto:"+recipient+"?subject="+subject+"&body="+msg+"?attach="+"file1.zip";

Loram

Only if file1.zip is already on every recipients computer. I think. – Segment

I intend to send a generated log file, when the user clicks on the Email icon in HTML page Is it possible ? – Loram

You should just send this log file as text in body. – Segment

Answer 1

No, you can not add an attachment to a message with the mailto: URL scheme.

mailto: only supports header values or text/plain content. See RFC 2368 for details.

Cannery

+1 It clearly states on there "Only the Subject, Keywords, and Body headers are believed to be both safe and useful." – Armhole

Thanks, if I have to send a file as an attachment(through program) how would you suggest do it ?? – Loram

@Kiran: see my answer for this. – Albertalberta

This was possible on some older systems, per x.com/jensvoid/status/1295724959709437956?s=20. – Sparrowgrass

Answer 2

You can create a custom email form, letting the user input a valid email-address if necessary and send this to the server. The server then can use a mail library to send an email including an attachment.

If you use PHP, you can easily do this using PHPMailer.

Albertalberta