Create pop-up window from email link without using custom javascript

Question

I am sending an email that includes a link. When the recipient clicks that link, I'd like the resulting page to come up pop-up (rather than open in a new tab) when clicked.

I'm using Gmail as my reference mail client.

Things I've tried:

• target="_blank": opens in a new tab, not a pop-up
• <a onclick="window.open(...)">: stripped out by gmail.
• <a href="javascript:window.open(...)">: stripped out by gmail.
• opening a new tab, and then generating a pop-up from that tab via onLoad or similar: pop-up blocked.

Most popup-related online resources I've found so far have been quite out of date, but the rule of thumb appears to be "if an event is user-initiated, it will be allowed to open a popup."

Even a partial solution (only works in Chrome/Firefox/Safari/etc) would be better than nothing.

Answer 1

Almost all mail clients strip out inline JavaScript because it is vector for malware.

You can only include regular links in Emails.