Links in emails

[usil]

I am sure that this is very simple, I just don't know how to do it.
I am sending out promotional emails to my customers and would like to have an opt out link at the bottom. I want the link to be to my email address, but should also contain the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject field.
How do I do that?

[Jawsh]

<a href="mailto:youremailhere">Unsubscribe</a>

[usil]

Thanks Jawsh. I already tried that, and for some reason, it doesn't work.

[hongman]

Usil, I use this:

<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]?subject="Unsubscibe">Unsubscribe</A>

[XOR]

Usil, I use this:

<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]?subject="Unsubscibe">Unsubscribe</A>

Hongman, nearly correct. One quotation mark too much.

<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscibe">Unsubscribe</A>

[SpywareDr]

As an example usil, try the following:

1. Start a new email message, (assuming Outlook/Outlook Express here)
   
   
2. Put your real email address in the To... field. (You're going to send this Test message to yourself)
   
   
3. In the Subject: box, type in Test
   
   
4. Down in the body of the message, type the word Unsubscribe
   
   
5. Highlight the word Unsubscribe
   
   
6. Click Insert | Hyperlink...
   
   
7. In the URL box, delete the "http://" part and type in
   mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe
   and press [Enter] (or click OK)
   
   
8. That's it. Click File | Send
   
   
9. Now back in Outlook/Outlook Express, click Send/Receive
   
   
10. Click the Unsubscribe link in the email you just sent to yourself.

With any luck a New Message window should open up with [email protected] in the To... field, Unsubscribe in the Subject: line and your cursor sitting down in the body of the message ready for you to type in a message.

[usil]

Thanks all for your answers.
Doc, that worked fine in Outlook, but it didn't come out so great in Gmail.

Unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe>

Any idea why?

[SpywareDr]

Try this:

1. In Gmail, click Compose Mail, type the word Unsubscribe, highlight it and click the Link button:
   
   
   
   
2. In the Enter a URL: box that pops up, type in:
   mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe
   
   
   
   
3. Press [Enter] (or click OK) and you should see an underlined Unsubscribe (indicating that it's a link)
   
   
   
   
4. Send this email to yourself so you can try it

[usil]

Sorry, what I meant to say was, that when I write it in Outlook, and send it to Gmail, it comes out like my quote above. I don't need to send it out from Gmail, only from Outlook.

[SpywareDr]

Whoops, misread your response.

When you're in Outlook composing your link, (Insert | Hyperlink...), try changing the Type: pulldown from http:// to mailto:. (Then send it to Gmail and see if it looks and works ok).

[usil]

I made the change and it still comes out the same in Gmail. Could it specifically be a Gmail issue?

[SpywareDr]

Here I am creating the Unsubscribe link in Outlook 2003:



Here I am receiving the email in Gmail. (Note the URL in the Status bar at the bottom of the browser window as I point to the Unsubscribe link):



And here's what happens when I click that Unsubscribe link in Gmail:



As you can see, it's working for me.

[usil]

Doc, I sent you a test email to your Gmail account. Let me know how it came out. Its still not right for me in Gmail.

[SpywareDr]

Looks like it's working ok here:





BTW, I just clicked your Unsubscribe link, added:

Looks like it's working ... for me anyway. 8-)

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...d.php?t=206722

in the body and sent the reply. If the email address you supplied is legit, you should be receiving a response soon.

[usil]

Firstly, strange that its working for you and not me through Gmail. Could it be a Firefox issue? I'll try to check through IE.
Secondly, the email address is legit, but I didn't get you reply for some reason.