Should plus be encoded in mailto: hyperlinks?
- by Jeff Atwood
When placing an email address with an address tag (aka sub-addressing) in a mailto hyperlink …
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">mail us now!</a>
… should the plus in the email be URL encoded?
<a href="mailto:username%[email protected]">mail us now!</a>
I can't figure this out, and the documentation is conflicting. Our real world tests have produced mixed results as well, making it even more confusing.