Q: Which of the following is the proper method for sending HTML email?  

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</span><span class="typ">The</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="str">&lt;a&gt;</span><span class="pln"> tag that you provided </span><span class="kwd">in</span><span class="pln"> your answer </span><span class="kwd">is</span><span class="pln"> used to create a hyperlink </span><span class="kwd">in</span><span class="pln"> HTML</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">not</span><span class="pln"> to send an HTML email</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> 
</span><span class="typ">The</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="str">"mailto"</span><span class="pln"> attribute specifies the email address </span><span class="kwd">of</span><span class="pln"> the recipient</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> but it does </span><span class="kwd">not</span><span class="pln"> have anything to </span><span class="kwd">do</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">with</span><span class="pln"> the format </span><span class="kwd">of</span><span class="pln"> the email</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">
</span><span class="typ">We</span><span class="pln"> can </span><span class="kwd">use</span><span class="pln"> the </span><span class="str">&lt;a&gt;</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">anchor tag</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln"> tag</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">and</span><span class="pln"> the href attribute to mail a person</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> </span>