Re: google's email() link function

The Google email link uses encodeURIComponent() to encode magic
characters, such as "?" and "&".

The <a> tag calls a Javascript function.

The function obtains the subject in the current language, and the full
URL that it's going to send, encodes them and href's the result.

A bit like this

<a href="javascript:myemail()">Email Link</a>

function myemail() {
var a = "mailto:?subject="
+ encodeURIComponent('The Subject')
+"&body="
+ encodeURIComponent('http://pathtomap.php?address=17+East+79th+St');
window.location.href=a;
}

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The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team
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