# Email QR Code Generator

An email QR code opens a new message addressed to you, and can fill in the subject and body so the sender only has to press send.

An email QR code holds a mailto: link — the address, and optionally a subject
and a first message. Scanning it opens a new, already-addressed email in
whatever mail app the phone uses, with the cursor waiting rather than a blank
form. Nothing is sent until the sender presses send.

Source: https://useqr.xyz/email-qr-code/
Last updated: 2026-09-10

## How to
1. Type the address that someone actually reads — an orders@ or hello@ inbox rather than a personal one, if you have the choice.
2. Add a subject that tells you where the scan came from, such as 'Catering enquiry — window card'.
3. Write the message as the first line the sender would have had to type themselves, and leave the rest for them.
4. Scan the preview with a phone that has a mail app set up, and check the subject and message arrive as you wrote them.
5. Download the SVG and print it where someone has a reason to write to you rather than call.

## Ways to collect an enquiry from something printed
| Method | Fills in the subject | Needs the sender to have something set up | You get their address |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A mailto: code | Yes | Yes — a working mail app | Yes |
| A code pointing at a web form | Not applicable | No — any browser | Only if they type it |
| A WhatsApp chat code | Yes, as the first message | Yes — WhatsApp installed | No, you get their number |
| The address printed as text | No | No | Yes |

## FAQ
### Which app opens when someone scans it?
Whichever mail app the phone treats as its default — Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook, or another. If the phone has no mail account set up at all, the scan does nothing useful, which is the main reason a web form sometimes beats an email code.

### Can I prefill the subject and the message?
Yes, both, and both are optional. The subject is the more useful of the two: it lets you tell one printed code from another when the mail arrives, without asking the sender to explain where they saw you.

### Can I add a CC or BCC address?
Not with this tool. It fills in the recipient, the subject and the body, and nothing else. If a second person needs a copy, set up a forwarding rule on the inbox instead — that keeps working even for mail that arrives by other routes.

### Will printing my address publicly attract spam?
It can. The address sits in plain text inside the code, so anything that can scan it can read it, including a photograph of your sign fed through a scanner. Use a role address you can replace rather than a personal one you cannot.

### How long can the prefilled message be?
Technically very long, but every extra character makes the code denser and harder to scan from a distance. Keep the message under about 300 characters for anything printed smaller than a poster, and put the detail on a web page instead.