Mailto: for Gmail™

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Makes mailto: links open a Gmail™ compose window. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Description from store This extension will make mailto: links open in a Gmail compose window. Nothing more, nothing less. * Supports Google Apps accounts * Works on javascript-inserted links * Includes option of working on bcc: fields * Option to open in new window rather than default tab It supports to, cc, subject, and body (and optionally bcc) fields, and is made to be compatible with RFC2368, the mailto: scheme standard. It doesn't modify the mailto:address itself, so you can still see the link in the status bar when you hover over it, which allows you to easily read the target at a glance. Please note, some report the need to restart the browser for it to work. I have never had to, and can't figure out why it would be necessary, but if it's not working after installing, try a restart. More info: RFC2368 - The mailto URL scheme: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2368.html mailto links test page: http://www.scottseverance.us/mailto.html Recent changes: * Fix the extension breaking Angular JS sites * Add an install message to make clear that reloading each tab is necessary Privacy policy: In short, this extension does not store or transmit any personal information. Read the privacy policy here: http://ilikesleeping.co.uk/mailto-privacy-policy/

Latest reviews

(2025-01-12) Petra Fager: Spent about an hour trying to research ways to fix my browser to open a compose email tab properly upon clicking a mail to link. I wanted to do this by just adjusting gmail or chrome settings, but the handler once I found it didn't have anything I could actually adjust. Ridiculous that two products from the same company don't integrate better. It was google workspace so maybe that's why. Anyway, I finally found a suggestion to try this extension, and now five minutes later I have the functionality I was looking for. Yay!
(2024-05-23) max mendoza: it also does something to your "home" or "new" tab each time you open a new tab it does soething. >:(
(2024-05-11) Tim Welty: It works. What else can I say.
(2024-04-11) Peter Moore: So simple and I use it every day to share pages with my wife
(2024-03-01) Uvaloa Knights: nice work perfectly for now
(2024-01-31) Ярослав Терновський: doesn't work ( can dev fix it?
(2024-01-10) Tom Paine: Working for Google Workspace. The settings that shows up when it is first installed requires you to enter your Workspace Domain.
(2023-11-26) Dylan: Works in Brave
(2023-04-04) Matt Faraday: Used to work. Now doesn't. And yeah I restarted the browser. Now if I click a mailto link on a website, it takes me to a browser page that says This site can’t be reached The webpage at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tf=cm&to=***SOME EMAIL ADDRESS***&cc&bcc&su&body&fs=1 might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. I can access gmail just fine though.
(2023-04-04) Matt Faraday: Used to work. Now doesn't. And yeah I restarted the browser. Now if I click a mailto link on a website, it takes me to a browser page that says This site can’t be reached The webpage at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tf=cm&to=***SOME EMAIL ADDRESS***&cc&bcc&su&body&fs=1 might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. I can access gmail just fine though.
(2023-03-22) Matt Kanninen: Works for me, I chose the force open in new window option, went back to the page I wanted to test, refreshed the page, clicked the mailto link, and got a new gmail window open in chrome, exactly as desired.
(2023-03-22) Matt Kanninen: Works for me, I chose the force open in new window option, went back to the page I wanted to test, refreshed the page, clicked the mailto link, and got a new gmail window open in chrome, exactly as desired.
(2023-02-11) Clinton McCool: doesn't work
(2023-02-11) Clinton McCool: doesn't work
(2021-08-22) n ascentt: sadly doesnt work for me
(2021-08-22) n ascentt: sadly doesnt work for me
(2021-04-22) I love this plugin but for a while now, every time I click on an email address, multiple (up to 5) browser tabs are opened. This is quite annoying. Does anyone else have this problem or can you fix it?
(2021-03-19) A AA: Works fine for me for pages on the web, but not for links in files stored locally (e.g. an HTML file on my Windows computer desktop).
(2021-03-19) A AA: Works fine for me for pages on the web, but not for links in files stored locally (e.g. an HTML file on my Windows computer desktop).
(2020-10-01) Bethany Figueroa: Update Oct 2020 - Works in my Google Chrome v85. (You have to restart browser after adding this extension.) You also may need to go into Windows default apps protocols and change your Mail to Chrome or a different browser I guess.
(2020-10-01) Bethany Figueroa: Update Oct 2020 - Works in my Google Chrome v85. (You have to restart browser after adding this extension.) You also may need to go into Windows default apps protocols and change your Mail to Chrome or a different browser I guess.
(2020-08-04) Ilga: Funktioniert prima auf dem aktuellen Chrome Browser und Windows 10. Vielen Dank
(2020-07-09) Ty Brown: I was hoping that this extension would cause mailto links to open in gmail. It does not do that. It does not do anything as far as I can tell.
(2020-07-09) Ty Brown: I was hoping that this extension would cause mailto links to open in gmail. It does not do that. It does not do anything as far as I can tell.
(2020-06-24) Thomás Inskip: Excellent! Opening Apple Mail every time I clicked on a mailto: link was annoying. This works much better.
(2020-06-24) Thomás Inskip: Excellent! Opening Apple Mail every time I clicked on a mailto: link was annoying. This works much better.
(2020-03-28) John McCarthy: Give an option to remove from Menu bar. This app would be perfect if it had that! I even tried uninstalling your app but the Menu item persisted, so I am reporting this bug to Google.
(2020-03-28) John McCarthy: Give an option to remove from Menu bar. This app would be perfect if it had that! I even tried uninstalling your app but the Menu item persisted, so I am reporting this bug to Google.
(2020-03-06) Spooky Kipper: good
(2020-03-06) Spooky Kipper: good
(2020-02-02) Hugo Mak: Has stopped working
(2020-02-02) Hugo Mak: Has stopped working
(2019-08-12) Fred Calm: Doesn't work with Brave 0.67.124, which, like Chrome, is built on open-source Chromium. On Windows 10, clicking a mailto: link launches the native Mail app.
(2019-08-12) Fred Calm: Doesn't work with Brave 0.67.124, which, like Chrome, is built on open-source Chromium. On Windows 10, clicking a mailto: link launches the native Mail app.
(2019-08-04) Fred Eric: Simple et efficace. Fait ce qu’on lui demande sur vivaldi.
(2019-07-16) Justin Valerio: Thank baby jesus
(2019-07-16) Justin Valerio: Thank baby jesus
(2019-07-06) Bryan Simrak: It either works or it doesn't and right now it doesn't.
(2019-07-06) Bryan Simrak: It either works or it doesn't and right now it doesn't.
(2019-05-29) Amitab Sood: Works in Windows 10 for me!
(2019-05-29) Amitab Sood: Works in Windows 10 for me!
(2019-02-17) Philip Heart: worked without a hitch.
(2019-02-17) Philip Heart: worked without a hitch.
(2019-02-12) Finally Something that works!!!!
(2019-02-06) Non sense extension no use. I don't know from where it enable now it is not removing.
(2019-01-18) Simon Hryszko: Work as should work, all well!
(2019-01-18) Simon Hryszko: Work as should work, all well!
(2018-12-06) Dennis Bareis: Works well here on 64 bit Windows (was redirecting to Inbox, now GMAIL). I want mailto links to open in a new window otherwise you could just set up the Chrome protocol handler (which stupidly doesn't open it in a new window).
(2018-12-06) Dennis Bareis: Works well here on 64 bit Windows (was redirecting to Inbox, now GMAIL). I want mailto links to open in a new window otherwise you could just set up the Chrome protocol handler (which stupidly doesn't open it in a new window).
(2018-10-04) Daniel N: Needs to get rid of auto-popup installation page that plagues chrome store extensions. I log into many computers, and get bombarded with intrusive popups from many extensions being installed, and this one is part of the problem.

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