Setting Mailto For Your Google Apps Domain Within FireFox 3.6.8 On Windows 7

By Jason Franco posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - (How To's)

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If you have you ever tried setting up the mailto function within Firefox for Google apps, then you know what a pain it could be. This article will walk you through how to setup the mailto shortcut for your Google Apps domain within FireFox 3.6.8 on Windows 7. This means that by clicking on any "mailto" links it will automatically open and compose a new email in your Gmail account.

1. Open up FireFox 3.6.8 and paste in the following into the address bar:

about:config

2. Click "I'll be careful, I promise" when the warning appears

3. Copy and paste the following three values into the "Filter" field, one at a time and make sure they are set to “true”. If not, double click the value to change it:

gecko.handlerService.allowRegisterFromDifferentHost
network.protocol-handler.expose.mailto
network.protocol-handler.external.mailto

4. Update the following script to have your domain within the URL and on the label for the new “mailto” application handler. Paste it into the address bar within FireFox, hit Enter and then click the “Add Application” button when the small notification appears:

javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler('mailto','https://mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s','Google Apps - Your Domain')

5. Next get into the Applications settings section within the options menu item by going to Tools -> Options:

6. Navigate to the Applications tab, scroll down to the “mailto” entry, select you’re the “Google Apps – Your Domain” entry you created and then click “OK”.

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Gmail, Google Apps, Windows 7, Firefox, Email

Comments (8)

By Code7 Web Design posted on Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 4:25 AM

Thanks Jason

Found your post after a bit of googling around! Tried Gmail notifier solution but doesn't work with Google Apps, will let everyone know about this one.

Thanks

By Patrick Le floch posted on Saturday, September 11, 2010 @ 7:46 AM

Under 4. Update the following script to have your domain within the URL and on the label for the new “mailto” application handler. Paste it into the address bar within FireFox, hit Enter and then click the “Add Application” button when the small notification appears:

The ADD APPLICATION does not appear. I am running FF 3.6.7

By patrick posted on Saturday, September 11, 2010 @ 8:00 AM

same comment for FF 3.6.9

i have the mailto handler set to gmail and that, in turn, launches my private domain, so I guess it works.

thanks for the tip!

By patrick le floch posted on Saturday, September 11, 2010 @ 8:11 AM

All righty, last post....

It works as described, if only one reads the instructions CAREFULLY. I was pasting the java into the "filter" field, not the "address".

Sorry for the RTFM messages.

Patrick