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Can I make mailto: links open up in gmail instead of evolution?

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mailto: links fire up annoying "Evolution Setup Assistant". I want it to open a compose window in gmail in my web browser. There are existing questions about this here, but the answers are outdated and no longer work on 11.04.

on my system: I'm using chromium browser, and I think the path goes like this chrome -> xdg-open -> gnome-open and it's evolution that is set up when I check in gconf-editor, so I changed that key to gnome-open https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%U, but it's still firing up Evolution.

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answered 2 Years ago memorrappin · Accepted Answer

Yes, you can use the desktop webmail application, for instance. http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/desktop-webmail

And put the following in file /usr/share/applications/desktop-webmail.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]

Encoding=UTF-8

Name=Desktop Webmail

GenericName=Email

Comment=Compose email in browser

Comment[de]=EMail in Browser schreiben

Exec=desktop-webmail %U

Icon=desktop-webmail

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=true

Categories=Application;Network;Email

MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Compose



[Compose Shortcut Group]

Name=Compose New Message

Exec=desktop-webmail mailto:%U

TargetEnvironment=Messaging Menu;Unity