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I'm trying to create a clickable email address which when clicked on, opens up the visitors' email application with the email address in the "send to".

I tried using:

<a href="mailto:emailaddress@whatever.com">mailto:emailaddress@whatever.com</a>

It works well when the link is displayed on a mobile. It opens up the Gmail application. However, when I try to click on it on the web it does nothing.

Thank you!

j08691
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Chip
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  • See this answer, maybe can help you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17517600/mailto-links-do-nothing-in-chrome-but-work-in-firefox – pairon Jun 25 '18 at 20:41

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Your link is valid.

mailto links are signal for your browser to open a default e-mail application.

Try specifying default E-Mail application in your OS or another browser.

P.S. <a href="mailto:emailaddress@whatever.com">Email Us</a> also works well

Daniel Listopadov
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That is possible, if your visitor has a default mail app on their computer. Same way as they have gmail/iosmail/anymailapp on their phone.

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