Gmail as default mail app

[FN-GM]

Hello,

 

Does anyone know how to set Gmail as the default mail app please? We are using Google Chrome.

 

Thanks

[smurfomatic]

Do you mean default for "mailto" links? You will need a Chrome addon, like this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailto-for-gmail/dgkkmcknielgdhebimdnfahpipajcpjn?hl=en-GB

[fiza]

I didnt need an addon to do this.

 

when you login to Gmail you should get a diamond icon in the address bar. Click this and you should see "Allow Gmail to open all email links?" . Click allow and then it should work. You can check it by going to chrome://settings/handlers

 

 

 

 

edit: Sorry didn't notice this was in the Windows 10 thread! It works in Windows 7 and Chrome 60

Edited August 14, 2017 by fiza

[FN-GM]

Hello @fiza. Is there nay way to set this via group policy please?

 

Looks like you can here, but it isn't showing in my policies. I will try update the ADMX files - https://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3#RegisteredProtocolHandlers

 

I also will need to set Chrome to the default for mailto in Windows via the XML file.

Edited August 14, 2017 by FN-GM

[fiza]

In Windows 7 you can set it under Google Chrome Default settings > Register Protocol Handlers

 

Hopefully same in Windows 10?

[FN-GM]

I wasn't looking in the default settings section. Found it now.

 

Would I need it to be set as this?

 

{"url": "https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s", "default": true, "protocol": "mailto"}

[FN-GM]

I have added this as a handler in group policy. How would I expand this to include ICS files for Calendar as well please?

 

[{"url": "https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s", "default": true, "protocol": "mailto"}]

[Arthur]

How would I expand this to include ICS files for Calendar as well please?

This should do it...

 

[{"default":true,"protocol":"mailto","url":"https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s"},{"default":true,"protocol":"webcal","url":"https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?cid=%s"}]

 

Prettified version...

 

[
  {
     "default":true,
     "protocol":"mailto",
     "url":"https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s"
  },
  {
     "default":true,
     "protocol":"webcal",
     "url":"https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?cid=%s"
  }
]