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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      In my help section (Opera 48 for Mac OSX 10.11.6) I don't find a "programs" tab under advanced settings, which is what Opera Help is telling me to use to change the mailto handler. I've deleted the one handler that was there but can't add a new one.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

        @jstashpdx said in Change mailto handler:

        I don't find a "programs" tab under advanced settings

        That documentation is for the old Opera Browser suite that was based on Presto. It doesn't apply to Opera > 12.x.

        New Opera is based on Chromium, you'll find better help looking for documentation on Chromium and or Chrome for this issue.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 I don't know anything about Chromium and Chrome doesn't come up with relevant information. Can you send me a link to the information I need to add a mailto handler?

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            I'll see if I can find some info. However, I don't think setting a mailto handler is supported. Opera, Chrome and Chromium just use the default mailto handler on the system. As in, if you want to change the default mailto handler, you have to configure it in MacOS.

            I don't use a Mac, but I think you have to launch Apple Mail, goto preferences, then general. There you can change the default mail client away from Apple Mail to whatever mail client you want (that's listed in there at least). You might have to close out of Apple Mail and restart the system for it to take effect.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              you mean to tell me opera has mail:to for mac a far lesser used system and not for windows? i know i've along with THOUSANDS want this.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @Guest last edited by

                @chuchkyschild Well it sort of has a mailto function. I deleted the handler for gmail and wanted to add another email service but I cannot find out how to do it.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @Guest last edited by

                  @jstashpdx said in Change mailto handler:

                  @chuchkyschild Well it sort of has a mailto function. I deleted the handler for gmail and wanted to add another email service but I cannot find out how to do it.

                  we need the ability back to rightclick a page and open whatever email client we're using. like in my case outlook. now that said opera isn't the only one to remove this. honestly there was no justifiable reason to do so.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    I found the mailto handler, but it is a site, not a helper application. I had to search for it.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @Guest last edited by

                      @concretable Can you send the url?

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        It is not a URL. I searched Preferences for it.

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                        • sgunhouse
                          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Opera can be set to handle webmail for you, so that when you are on the desktop and say send a file by mail it'll open your webmail in Opera. If that's not what you want, you're looking in the wrong place.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                            @jstashpdx Check Settings > Privacy and security > handlers

                            As said, it controls if a site may be allowed or not to handle a protocol.

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