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mailto link not working correctly

corona_98
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When hovering over a "mailto" link, I see what is expected in the status bar, namely something like: mailto:name@company.domain

However, when clicking the link, and choosing Yahoo! as the application, one of two things wrongly happens 1) Yahoo! mail is brought up, but the "To" address includes "mailto:" at the beginning or 2) a Windows search dialog box appears

When hovering over a "mailto" link, I see what is expected in the status bar, namely something like: ''mailto:name@company.domain'' However, when clicking the link, and choosing Yahoo! as the application, one of two things wrongly happens 1) Yahoo! mail is brought up, but the "To" address includes "mailto:" at the beginning or 2) a Windows search dialog box appears

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edwardo_machino
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Workaround: install GmailDefaultMaker. Run the install and choose to setup Yahoo Mail, then change Firefox action to "handlemailto".

http://gmaildefault.codeplex.com/