First of all, what you are describing are what are called “MailTo:” links. These are specialized HTML commands that link directly to an e-mail address.

To create a link that sends an e-mail to somebody, use the HTML mailto: tag. Your code will look like this: ...

What alternative is there to the construct to accept more than 200 characters? I seem to have bumped into the string length limit of 256 characters.quote: ...

Now, if you click a mailto: link—try the tips link on Lifehacker's sidebar—Firefox 3 will ask which application you want to use. Choose Gmail, and select "Remember my choice for mailto links ...