Does the mailto: in anchor tag actually support attachments?

Question

Is it possible to have attachments to be specified in the mailto: tag in HTML?

< a href=\"test@test.com?body=somebody&subject=someSubject\">my link < /a>

Answer 1

I'm not sure about with mailto but the /a switch can be used with Outlook. A Help search in Outlook on "command-line switches" gives details. Naturally, since this is an Outlook-only switch and you need the path to Outlook there are limitations (as well as possibly limitations imposed by file access from the Web).

Answer 2

Firstly, and it is important, mailto is not a "tag", it's a URL scheme. Secondly, no, the scheme only allows you to supply values for RFC 822 headers. There may be hacks supported by particular MUAs, but they won't be portable.