# Mailto Jscript & Character Limit

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-jscript-character-limit/206957>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 13, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-jscript-character-limit/206957 "2006-11-13T15:00:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![thedaveyb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@thedaveyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thedaveyb)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-jscript-character-limit/206957/1 "2006-11-13T15:00:45Z")

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Does anyone have an idea how you get past the 255 character limit for a mailto: link? i heard a rumour it can be done using javascript but a few searches havent brought much luck?..