Select Gmail from the mailto dropdown, and click 'Done'.In the Pop-up window, scroll to 'Handlers' and click the 'Manage Handlers' button.Click the 'Content Settings' button under the 'Privacy' header.Scroll down to the very bottom and click ' Show Advanced Settings'.

If you don't see the icon, click the settings button in the top right hand corner.If you don't see this icon, skip ahead to step 3. Open Gmail in Chrome and click the Protocol Handler icon: in your browser's address bar.In the dropdown list beside the 'mailto' content type, select Gmail, and click 'OK'.In the top right corner of your Firefox browser, click the Firefox settings button:, then choose ' Options'class='simpleborder' alt='Settings button'.If you use Yahoo mail, here is the Yahoo help guide for setting mailto handlers in various browsers.įor Gmail users, the below guide has instructions for the four major browsers. If you have set up Mozilla Firebird or Outlook as your email client you should be able to open mailto links without any issues.Ī guide has been constructed for two common web-based email systems for the sake of convenience. Mailto: link fixes: Some users may experience issues with email links if they use a web-based email service (like Yahoo or Gmail for example) but have not set their browser to use said email provider as their mailto link handler.

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