javascript email link? or mailto with php?

I’m looking to add a simple mailto to of my blog.

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
emailE=('myname@' + 'mysite.com')
document.write('<A href="mailto:' + emailE + '">' + emailE + '</a>')
 //-->
</script>

Can’t seem to make it work.
Works fine on html pages… I’m new to php.

I implemented:
<?php echo antispambot(get_the_author_email()); ?>
but I want a clickable mailto- this just displays the address, unless I’m doing it wrong.
My goal is to put my email on within the footer, within a page, and perhaps in a post.

thanks for any help or advice…