<P> mailto is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for email addresses . It is used to produce hyperlinks on websites that allow users to send an email to a specific address without first having to copy it and enter it into an email client . It was originally defined in Request for Comments (RFC) 2368, published in July 1998, and refined in RFC 6068, published in October 2010 . </P> <P> Using "mailto" within an HTML document to generate a link for sending email: </P>

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