How to Make a Button or Link Trigger an Email Reply in Flodesk

Looking to create a call-to-action that opens a subscriber’s email app and starts a reply? You can do that with a simple mailto: link—whether it’s on a button or a hyperlinked phrase in your Flodesk email.

By default, when a subscriber clicks “Reply” in their inbox, their message goes to the email address you used as the sender address in Flodesk.

But you can also:

• Let them click a button to send you an email

• Link text that opens their default email app

This is a great way to create an instant “reply-to” action for feedback, questions, or sign-ups.

Where you’d normally input a website URL, just enter your email address using this format:

mailto:you@yourdomain.com

Example:

mailto:josephine@flodesk.com

You can use any email address here—whether it’s a custom domain or a free one like Gmail or Yahoo.
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​Once added, Flodesk will automatically detect it’s a mailto link and display it like this:

• Drag in a Button block in your email

• In the Link field, paste your mailto: email address

• Customize the button text, like: “Email me back” or “Send your reply”

Want something more subtle? You can turn a phrase in a Text block into a reply link:

• Highlight the text (e.g. “click here”)

• Click the link icon in the text editor

• Paste your mailto email address: mailto:you@yourdomain.com

Flodesk doesn’t support advanced mailto links with:

• Pre-filled subject lines

• Email body text

• CC/BCC fields
  

So this won’t work:

mailto:you@domain.com?subject=Hello&body=Let's chat

Stick with the basic mailto: email address only.

To prompt a reply via button or link in your Flodesk email:

• Use the format: mailto:you@yourdomain.com

• Add it to a Button or hyperlink text

• Works with both custom and free email addresses

It’s a quick way to invite conversations—no coding needed.