Set WFU Gmail as default mail client in Chrome or Firefox

Sometimes when you click a mailto link in a web browser, it will attempt to open in default mail client such as Outlook or Mail. Follow these steps to change this:

Using Chrome:

Log in to your WFU email by visiting google.wfu.edu in Chrome. There should be an icon that looks like 2 overlapping diamonds in the address bar of your WFU Gmail window.

locate the overlapping diamonds

Left-click the icon.

where to select Allow email links

Select Allow mail.google.com to open all email links.

If the two overlapping diamonds do not appear, you can change your Chrome default mailto handler in settings:

Go to Settings
Search for "Handlers"
Click on Content Settings
Scroll down to "Handlers" and Allow sites to ask to become default mail handlers for protocols

Google mail handler setting

Complete the steps at the top of these instructions

Using Firefox:

Log in to your WFU email by visiting google.wfu.edu in Firefox
Go to Firefox preferences
Navigate to the Applications section
Modify the mailto content type to "Use Gmail"

Firefox Mailto settings in Application

Using Safari:

Safari no longer supports the mailto extension. There is no current method of opening mailto links in Safari.

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