How to make an E-Mail link:

In this tutorial I shall use this e-mail address as an example: [email protected]
Here is the very basic command that will work on a button or hot text in Flash (or HTML for that matter). When the user clicks it, their default e-mail client (e.g. Outlook, etc.) will open and a new message will be created to the address to have specified.

on (release) { getURL("mailto:[email protected]"); }

As you can see - the mailto: defines that is is an e-mail address and not a web page link, and then the address goes in after. Pretty simple hay?

Slightly advanced e-mail link
Getting into slightly more advanced teritory now...
A few people have asked if there is a way to define the subject and body of the e-mail, just by clicking on the link - well there is! Here it is...

mailto:[email protected] ?subject=Your Subject Here ?body=Your Body Text Here and to compine the two together... ?subject=Your Subject Here&?body=Your Body Text Here

Examples
To get a message sent to [email protected], with the subject "Animals" and the body of "I like animals because" you would use this code in Flash

on (release) { getURL("mailto:[email protected]?subject=Aniamls&body=I like animals because"); }

This is what the link looks like - try it out! The text "Why do you like Animals?" is fully customizable

Why do you like Animals?

Problems
For some reasons, some e-mail clients may not pick up multiple spaces. Also some symbols will not be picked up, so here are some special commands to use:
%20 = (space)
%21 = !
%22 = "
%23 = #
%24 = $
%25 = %
%26 = &
%27 = '
There are many more, but a lot of them are letters, play around with the number - remember you can only have 2 digits, no less no more.