When this code runs the alert box es up with the link that includes &list=groceries and &[email protected]. When the mailto: fires and brings up the email window those parameters are missing and I can't figure out why. the length of the string doesn't seem to matter.

This code has all it needs to run. You can run it here: /

        <div data-role="header">
            <h1>My Title</h1>
        </div><!-- /header -->       
        <div data-role="content">   
            <h3>Add List</h3> 
            <form>
                <div data-role="controlgroup"  id="addwhat">
                    <input type="email"  id="shemail" name="inp0" class="inp" />
                </div>  
                <div data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal" class="aisubmit">
                    <input type="submit" data-theme="b" id="mailit" value="mail it"/>
                </div>                          
             </form> 
        </div><!-- /content -->
    </div><!-- /page -->
    <script>
        $('body').on('click', "#mailit", function (e) { 
            e.stopImmediatePropagation();
            e.preventDefault();
            repo = "Sebaza";
            list = "groceries";
            semail = $("#shemail").val();
            //(semail);
            urri ='mailto:'+ semail  + '?subject=share this list with me' + '&cc=' + semail + '&body=Hi, I think it would be cool if we shared this ' + list +' list on our phones. That way when either of us modified it we would see the update. .html?repo=' + repo + '&list=' + list + '&email=' + semail  ;
            window.location = urri;
            alert('clicked ashare ' +urri);   
        });          
    </script>    
</body>
</html>

When this code runs the alert box es up with the link that includes &list=groceries and &[email protected]. When the mailto: fires and brings up the email window those parameters are missing and I can't figure out why. the length of the string doesn't seem to matter.

This code has all it needs to run. You can run it here: http://jsfiddle/mckennatim/rRerR/

        <div data-role="header">
            <h1>My Title</h1>
        </div><!-- /header -->       
        <div data-role="content">   
            <h3>Add List</h3> 
            <form>
                <div data-role="controlgroup"  id="addwhat">
                    <input type="email"  id="shemail" name="inp0" class="inp" />
                </div>  
                <div data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal" class="aisubmit">
                    <input type="submit" data-theme="b" id="mailit" value="mail it"/>
                </div>                          
             </form> 
        </div><!-- /content -->
    </div><!-- /page -->
    <script>
        $('body').on('click', "#mailit", function (e) { 
            e.stopImmediatePropagation();
            e.preventDefault();
            repo = "Sebaza";
            list = "groceries";
            semail = $("#shemail").val();
            //(semail);
            urri ='mailto:'+ semail  + '?subject=share this list with me' + '&cc=' + semail + '&body=Hi, I think it would be cool if we shared this ' + list +' list on our phones. That way when either of us modified it we would see the update. http://10.0.1.18/webeshoppin/stuff2get/www/food2buy.html?repo=' + repo + '&list=' + list + '&email=' + semail  ;
            window.location = urri;
            alert('clicked ashare ' +urri);   
        });          
    </script>    
</body>
</html>

• javascript
• jquery-mobile

• Patrick is right. The extra URL parameters are concatenated to the overall mailto URL and are treated like undefined parts of the mailto protocol, so they just fall out. If you escape them like Patrick suggests then they will blend in and bee part of the body parameter. – dbrin Commented Feb 4, 2012 at 4:05
• Doesn't say what email client you are using -- not all support those extra params (I know because the one I wrote doesn't.. I'll get around to adding that someday) – eselk Commented Feb 4, 2012 at 4:17

1 Answer 1

The '?' and '&' characters are being stripped out by the parser of the mailto link.

Those characters need to be encoded. Try replacing with:

? = %3F
& = %26

so, that JS line would look like:

urri ='mailto:'+ semail  + '?subject=share this list with me' + '&cc=' + semail + '&body=Hi, I think it would be cool if we shared this ' + list +' list on our phones. That way when either of us modified it we would see the update. http://10.0.1.18/webeshoppin/stuff2get/www/food2buy.html%3Frepo=' + repo + '%26list=' + list + '%26email=' + semail;