HTML: send image to mailto? Body

Question

I use letters with text with the mailto function to set the body and subject line, for example:

href="mailto:?body=Thanks!" 

But is there a way to send an image to the body? For instance:

 href="mailto:?body=<img src='http://www.example.com/image.jpg'>" 

(obviously does not work above - it just adds html as a string)

Any advice appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

From the horse's mouth :

The "body" hname must contain the content for the first text / plain body part of the message. The mailto URL is primarily intended to generate short text messages, which are actually the contents of automatic processing (for example, “subscribe” messages for mailing lists), rather than common MIME objects.

In other words, the content is in text / plain format, not in MIME format.

Answer 2

What you ask for is impossible. mailto limited to sending texts and advertising messages, so you cannot attach an image using mailto .