- Do you use Firefox?
- Open Gmail in Mozilla Firefox
- Select “Tools | Parameters…”
Do you use Firefox?
Do you want Gmail to appear when you click an email address on a website? If you use Mozilla Firefox, you can set your preferences for it. Here’s how to make Gmail your default email program in Firefox.
Open Gmail in Mozilla Firefox
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Open Gmail in Mozilla Firefox.
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Enter ‘javascript: window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler(“mailto”, “https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s”, “Gmail”)” (excluding the outer quotes) address bar.
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If you don’t need a secure HTTPS connection to Gmail, you can use javascript: window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler(“mailto”, “http://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s”, ‘ Gmail”)” instead of .
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Click Enter †
Select “Tools | Parameters…”
- Select Tools | Options… or Firefox | Preferences… (Mac) from the menu in Mozilla Firefox.
- Click the Applications tab.
- Make sure Use Gmail is selected under mailto.
Click “Add App” under “Add Gmail (mail.google.com) as app…”
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Click Add Application under Add Gmail (mail.google.com) as a mailto links application?.