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<p>mailto is a <a href="/facts/Uniform_Resource_Identifier/UjyqxTpA">Uniform Resource Identifier</a> (URI) scheme for <a href="/facts/Email_addresses/srdpG6am">email addresses</a>. It is used to produce <a href="/facts/Hyperlink/LqNsa84e">hyperlinks</a> on <a href="/facts/Websites/SAsjJnca">websites</a> that allow users to send an <a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">email</a> to a specific addresses directly from an <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> document, without having to copy it and entering it into an <a href="/facts/Email_client/pQdW9HtC">email client</a>. </p><p>It was originally defined by <a href="/facts/Request_for_Comments/esftTvE7">Request for Comments</a> (RFC) 1738 in December 1994, expanded by RFC 2368 in July 1998, and refined by RFC 6068 in October 2010. </p>