Clicking any mailto link results in endless, unstoppable new tabs being opened.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Launch a command prompt and enter
start "test" "mailto:test@example.com"What program launches?
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A Former User last edited by
@burnout426 I didn't know this tip. I tried it. I can choose between 'nothing' and 'mail.google.com' in the list, BUT, when i validate the choice (google) the menu goes back to 'nothing'. So, i can't basically change anything. Any idea?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@jfhicter Try going to mail.google.com. When you go there, a bar should drop-down below the address bar asking you if you want Gmail to handling mailto links. Tell it "allow" and see if things work that way. If you don't get asked, remove mail.google.com from the handlers list and try again.
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A Former User last edited by
@burnout426 There is no bar below the address bar and I can't remove google.mail from the handler's list...
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A Former User last edited by
@jfhicter said in Clicking any mailto link results in endless, unstoppable new tabs being opened.:
@burnout426 There is no bar below the address bar and I can't remove google.mail from the handler's list...
There is a bug apparently in the handler management
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Close down Opera and edit its Preferences file (see the "Profile" path in "Menu -> About Opera for where it's at) with JSONEdit. Under "custom_handlers -> registered_protocol_handlers" you'll see the numbered entry for google. Just remove all the entries under "registered_protocol_handlers" and "ignored_protocol_handlers" (if any). Also, make sure "enabled" is set to true for custom_handlers. Save your changes. Then, start Opera, go to mail.google.com and add it via the allow bar.
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A Former User last edited by
@burnout426 I did it right. I checked the allow bar. Then the same box opens as when I do the management in Opera Handler Management: It says "do you authorized this program to change blah blah"... I click on OK... Then: it does not work (don't launch google mail when i click on mailto:something... Back to the same problem in the handler management...
Thank you man, but I guess this is a bug Opera team has to work on... A user don't have to mess with the Preference file, imho
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A Former User last edited by
@jfhicter
I may be wrong here (I frequently am!) but isn't the idea of the mail handler simply to open an external e-mail client program such as Outlook when a mailto link is clicked?
If you don't have an external e-mail program I wouldn't expect it to do anything, I didn't think it was designed to go the a webmail site in a new tab, although it would be nice if it did!
As I say, I may well be wrong in that, as I've always used an external e-mail program and not webmail, so this has never arisen in my direct experience.
Just a thought.
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A Former User last edited by
@davehawley Yep, you're wrong...
Opera is supposed to be able to open mail.google when we click on a mailto link, indeed! -
A Former User last edited by
@jfhicter
Fair enough, as I said I've never tried to use it (or any other browser) that way. It was just a thought.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@jfhicter said in Clicking any mailto link results in endless, unstoppable new tabs being opened.:
@jfhicter It's a bug, corrected in Dev version.
FWIW, I was testing in the stable version and it was working fine for me and opening a compose at mail.google.com.
