There is a maximum length for the text in the &body section of a mailto: link. According to one of my co-workers, the W3C publish the limit as 256 (I don't have a link to back this up, though).

We're embedding mailto: links in both an e-mail and a webpage and have successfully used more than 256 characters. After a certain point, though, e-mail clients and browsers start flaking out and refusing to open the link.

I would like to know the actual maximum lengths allowed for the following:

Mail clients:

  • Outlook (2003, 2007, 2010)
  • Eudora (7.1, and/or whatever the latest version is)
  • Thunderbird (latest version)

Browsers:

  • Firefox (3+)
  • IE (6, 7, 8)
  • iPhone browser

Any and all numbers you can provide will be gratefully received.

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