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Mailto Issues using FF3.6.x and GMAIL

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  • 29-09-2010 11:03am
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    gracehopper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,
    Does anyone know how to get Mailto links to launch in a separate tab in FF? By default GMAIL opens up the Compose Mail screen in the tab you already have open.

    any help would be appreciated.

    thanks
    dk


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Is this on your own computer, or are you trying to get it to work on a website ?


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    gracehopper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭gracehopper


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Is this on your own computer, or are you trying to get it to work on a website ?

    This is my own pc, I have a "send email" option in an application i'm working on. When clicked It opens outlook,hotmail, outlook express, lotus notes but for some reason gmail and yahoo will not open mailto in a new window. I beginning to think it is just the limitations of these web-mail clients and not any specific setting. :(


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    gracehopper wrote: »
    This is my own pc, I have a "send email" option in an application i'm working on. When clicked It opens outlook,hotmail, outlook express, lotus notes but for some reason gmail and yahoo will not open mailto in a new window. I beginning to think it is just the limitations of these web-mail clients and not any specific setting. :(

    It's not a limitation of the web-mail client; it's what the mailto link is designed to do.

    There is apparently a workaround, though. I haven't tried this, but it might do the trick for you.

    http://lifehacker.com/392287/set-firefox-3-to-launch-gmail-for-mailto-links


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