How to add an hyperlink to an email (mailto via URL- Outlook)

Question

Here's a simplified version of what I have in my formula URL field:

"mailto:" & "xxxxx@xxx.com;" &
"&body=" & "Good day," &"%0A%0A" &
"Please click on the below link." &"%0A%0A"
& "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" &"%0A%0A" &
& "<a href=URLEncode('http://www.yahoo.com ')>here</a>

The above does not create the hyperlink for the word "here"
what am I missing?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Francesco

davidbrogdon · Answer

Try this"mailto:" &amp; "xxxxx@xxx.com;" &amp;"&amp;body=" &amp; "Good day," &amp;"%0A%0A" &amp;"Please click on the below link." &amp;"%0A%0A"&amp; "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" &amp;"%0A%0A" &amp;&amp; "&lt;a href=URLEncode('http://www.yahoo.com')&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;

francescospiga1 · Answer

I have a URL button that creates an outlook email.
I just want the email to show a hyperlink...
how do I assign "http://www.whatever.com" to the word "click here" and have it as a hyperlink in the email?

francescospiga1 · Answer

hello David, the above does not work for me.&nbsp;I thought about having the URL in a separate field and reference the field in my URL button (the one that creates the email).

davidbrogdon · Answer

I know that if you just include the url by itself, most modern browser will automatically turn it into a link but I am not sure how to use the "here" text as the link text. Last I knew email body text was fairly limited.&nbsp;

meredithmoore5 · Answer

Is there a reason for the '=URLEncode' part?Just go plain &lt;a&nbsp;href="url"&gt;link text&lt;/a&gt;

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