Email Link problem

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  sqtahir · Member · May 2, 2012 at 9:05 am

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  I have a widget for contact information and I am having a slight problem with making an email address a link.

  I have a gmail email address and I would like to link it for people visiting my site to send me emails using whatever email they want. Using outlook would be more suitable i guess.

  How can I do that so that it redirects to outlook rather than gmail?The current code redirects users to gmail to send an email.

  Secondly, how can i make it open in a new window rather than the same page?

  The current code that i am using is:

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  Thanks

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  supportbot · Member · May 2, 2012 at 9:05 am

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  You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

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  belajarmusikblog · Member · May 2, 2012 at 1:51 pm

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  houstonweaver · Member · May 6, 2012 at 9:18 pm

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  The support documents address this very well at Email Links. Basically email links are discouraged because of spam, so you might want to se a contact corm, or write it out like me at URL dot com or use an image but they also give you the code for inserting a clickable link on a web page or in a text widget.

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  houstonweaver · Member · May 6, 2012 at 9:19 pm

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  Oh duh, sorry for typos, was supposed to say you might want to use a contact form, or….

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  timethief · Member · May 6, 2012 at 9:23 pm

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  ~~houstonweaver
  Well done. I note that all 3 links are to empty free hosted WordPress.com blogs and suspect these bloggers may be WordPress.org bloggers.

  @sqtahir
  
  @belajarmusikblog

  Here’s the guide for creating a secure contact form on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. It’s not for WordPress.org installs.

  Please read WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Differences

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  sqtahir · Member · May 7, 2012 at 3:59 am

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  Actually, im making the web page for someone else.I already asked them before to use forms instead even though i did explain the reasons as I myself think forms are much safer.However, they insist on using the email address. The problem is, it kind of works and kind of doesnt. It goes to outlook when your using firefox, but when i used explorer, it gave me an error.Html is seriously messed up.