RFC 6068: The 'mailto' URI Scheme

This document defines the format of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to identify resources that are reached using Internet mail. It adds better…

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 2368: The mailto URL scheme
Informative reference — RFC 2822: Internet Message Format
Informative reference — RFC 3864: Registration Procedures for Message Header Fields

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6764: Locating Services for Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV) and vCard Extensions to WebDAV (CardDAV)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6783: Mailing Lists and Non-ASCII Addresses
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8292: Voluntary Application Server Identification (VAPID) for Web Push
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6350: vCard Format Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6530: Overview and Framework for Internationalized Email
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7565: The 'acct' URI Scheme
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6196: Moving mailserver: URI Scheme to Historic
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10023: The "_for-sale" Underscored and Globally Scoped DNS Node Name