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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Build the Contact Page

Posted by Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points

When I click on my email nothing happens

It should send the user to yahoo

Kristof Szilagyi
Kristof Szilagyi
7,431 Points
Kristof Szilagyi
Kristof Szilagyi
7,431 Points

Did you write <a href="mailto:youremailaddress@yahoo.com">youremailaddress@yahoo.com</a> ?

I mean:

<!-- <a href="mailto:youremailaddress et yahoo.com">youremailaddress et yahoo.com</a> -->

6 Answers

Juan Aviles
Juan Aviles
12,795 Points
Juan Aviles
Juan Aviles
12,795 Points

Your code will not send a user to Yahoo. It will open the users default email client with your email address in the "to:" field ...for example mine is Outlook, and your code works correctly for me.

Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points

oh ok thanks. i guess ill try another browser.

Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points

i found the problem i never had my own default email client

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Did you use mailto?

<a href="mailto:name@rapidtables.com">Send mail</a>

Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points 
<li class="mail"><a href="mailto:garciajosuel@yahoo.com">garciajosuel@yahoo.com</a></li>

whats wrong here? do i add the send mail after the first or second email?

Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points
Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points 
<li class= "mail"><a href="mailto:garciajosuel@yahoo.com">garciajosuel@yahoo.com</a></li>
Kristof Szilagyi
Kristof Szilagyi
7,431 Points
Kristof Szilagyi
Kristof Szilagyi
7,431 Points

there is a whitespace after class= remove it and your code will work

Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points
Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points

i removed the white space still no luck

Antonis Martalis
Antonis Martalis
1,506 Points
Antonis Martalis
Antonis Martalis
1,506 Points

checked other web browsers??

Josuel Garcia
Josuel Garcia
6,069 Points

im using google chrome ill try another

Yves Roulin
Yves Roulin
4,452 Points
Yves Roulin
Yves Roulin
4,452 Points

Mailto is used for EMAILS only, opens Outlook for example or your default email client.

Hope it helps.