How do I add an email link to my blog page sidebar using existing text widget?

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  annyanswers · Member · Aug 26, 2011 at 5:55 am

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  I’ve tried the Email me! HTML code with a URL destination and a contact form and everything I’ve found on the help topics, and I can’t get an Email me! link into the sidebar of my blog page. I don’t want it on individual posts, I want to add it to one of the text widgets that’s already there. I get the code from the editor, but when I paste it into widget, it stays static, won’t link.

  HELP! Been trying to do this for almost two hours now.

  thanks,
  anny
  Blog url: http://annyanswers.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Aug 26, 2011 at 3:45 pm

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  Hi Anny,

  I’m afraid the “mailto” tag won’t work because we strip certain code for security reasons. To see what HTML tags are and aren’t allowed, please visit:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#html-tags

  An alternative would be to create a contact form through your WordPress blog – which would also help keep your email address more private – and then link to it in your Text Widget. Instructions on how to create a contact form are available here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/