Safari mailto: links

NovaScotian · 03-04-2013, 01:28 PM

When I double-click an email link on a web page in Safari 6.0.2 running in Mountain Lion, it opens gMail in Safari even though that is not my default email program. I would prefer it to open Mail. Has that possibility been sandboxed? I can't find any way to set it.

NaOH · 03-04-2013, 02:21 PM

Mail is what opens for me. I know there are third-party applications which can make Gmail on the web the default email client, but I would think that would be listed in Mail > Preferences > General. I'd double check that setting and look for any applications you may have installed. Unless specially crafted links are possible, though I've never heard of that.

NovaScotian · 03-04-2013, 03:09 PM

Aha -- I found it. I use Mailplane for gMail and Mail for both of my POP accounts rather than configure Mail to use gMail. I back up gMail to my own machine using Cloudpull. There was an Advanced Mailplane setting that needed unchecking.

03-04-2013, 01:28 PM	#1
NovaScotian Hall of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 4,945	Safari mailto: links When I double-click an email link on a web page in Safari 6.0.2 running in Mountain Lion, it opens gMail in Safari even though that is not my default email program. I would prefer it to open Mail. Has that possibility been sandboxed? I can't find any way to set it. __________________ 17" MBP, OS X 10.8.3; 27" iMac, OS X 10.8.3

03-04-2013, 03:09 PM	#3
NovaScotian Hall of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 4,945	Aha -- I found it. I use Mailplane for gMail and Mail for both of my POP accounts rather than configure Mail to use gMail. I back up gMail to my own machine using Cloudpull. There was an Advanced Mailplane setting that needed unchecking. __________________ 17" MBP, OS X 10.8.3; 27" iMac, OS X 10.8.3 Last edited by NovaScotian; 03-04-2013 at 03:14 PM.

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03-04-2013, 02:21 PM	#2
NaOH Hall of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,642	Mail is what opens for me. I know there are third-party applications which can make Gmail on the web the default email client, but I would think that would be listed in Mail > Preferences > General. I'd double check that setting and look for any applications you may have installed. Unless specially crafted links are possible, though I've never heard of that.