Q: Change handler for mailto: links How can I setup Gmail or Hotmail as default mail handler, for example, in HTML, we use the following, which should open Gmail or Hotmail.
<a href="mailto:support@example.com">Click here to mail us</a>

A: It not points to anything mailto: links calls default mail application on user machine, just as http: calls default browser. Here's how to set mailto: protocol handler to Gmail.

A: mailto: can be set to be handled by Web Mail services like Gmail and Hotmail with this little Program.
Note: The name say Gmail but this program is capable of setting these: 


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*Gmail

*Google Apps

*Yahoo

*Hotmail

*AOL 

*QQ Mail


A: If you are the user who clicks on the links, you can use Google Notifier or have Chrome default to opening mailto links in Gmail.
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10966
If you are a web developer, I strongly recommend using the mailto: protocol for compatibility, but if you were to target gmail users directly, you can do something like https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&source=mailto&to=support@example.com.
