Mailto Parse

Extract email, subject, and body.

Parses mailto: links into email, subject, and body. Unlike Email Syntax this expects a mailto URL. Unlike Query String Parse this is mailto-specific. Missing @ fails.

What Mailto Parse does

Parses mailto: links into email, subject, and body. Unlike Email Syntax this expects a mailto URL. Unlike Query String Parse this is mailto-specific. Missing @ fails.

Mailto Parse sits in the Network group on purpose. It is not Email Syntax Check (Validate email syntax; lengths and normalized form.) and not Parse URL (Split a URL into host, path, query, and more.). Choose this page when you need Extract email, subject, and body. If you stretch Mailto Parse into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Mailto Parse

  1. Keep this tab on Mailto Parse (/network/mailto-parse). Pasting into the wrong Network tool (for example Email Syntax Check) changes the job.
  2. Paste or type the input Mailto Parse expects. Path hint: network · mailto parse. Extract email, subject, and body.
  3. Apply the Mailto Parse action only. Parse URL is a different transform (Split a URL into host, path, query, and more.). Parses mailto: links into email, subject, and body. Unlike Email Syntax this expects a mailto URL. Unlike Query String Parse this is mailto-specific. Missing @ fails.
  4. Copy the output of Mailto Parse if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: mailto: with email. Missing @ fails.
  5. If the text job is actually Validate email syntax; lengths and normalized form., leave Mailto Parse and open Email Syntax Check.

When not to use Mailto Parse

Skip Mailto Parse when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Email Syntax Check or Parse URL — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Parses mailto: links into email, subject, and body. Unlike Email Syntax this expects a mailto URL. Unlike Query String Parse this is mailto-specific. Missing @ fails.

Questions about Mailto Parse

What does Mailto Parse do that other Network pages on this site do not?
Parses mailto: links into email, subject, and body. Unlike Email Syntax this expects a mailto URL. Unlike Query String Parse this is mailto-specific. Missing @ fails. Short version: Extract email, subject, and body.
Does Mailto Parse upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
No. Mailto Parse runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: mailto: with email. Missing @ fails.
Should I use Email Syntax Check instead of Mailto Parse?
Use Mailto Parse when you need Extract email, subject, and body. Use Email Syntax Check when you need Validate email syntax; lengths and normalized form. They share a category (Network) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Mailto Parse?
mailto: with email. Missing @ fails. Also: Parses mailto: links into email, subject, and body. Unlike Email Syntax this expects a mailto URL. Unlike Query String Parse this is mailto-specific. Missing @ fails.