Forward to friend link with HTML not working

Question

I need to add "Forward to friend" link in my email,I was try

 <a href="mailto:enteryour@addresshere.com?subject=Website Name&body=Link to website, short description">Send me an email</a>

It is working properly, But i need to send body as HTML content in the body,I try

 <a href="mailto:enteryour@addresshere.com?subject=Website Name&body=<span>Test</span>">Send me an email</a>

But body=<span>Test</span> is not working,How to do this? Anyone have idea about this?

Answer 1

It's not possible to use html in a mailto link.

For a guide on how to use the mailto link, see https://yoast.com/guide-mailto-links/