How to send mail with a Subject using a Mailto URL?

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Frank picture Frank · Jul 7, 2009 · Viewed 91.3k times · Source

I need to make a Mailto link to my website which is suppose to contain either the product name or the product page URL in the subject section. How can I do it?
Exp: When you get an email through eBay about a product you are selling or buying, you automatically know what product that email is about by seeing the product name in the subject section.
How can i do this?

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Sampson picture Sampson · Jul 7, 2009 
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=hello world">Email Me!</a>

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