====== Using MailTo Links with Zimbra Web Client ======

MailTo links are a convenience feature allowing you to click on a link and have your default mail client open in 'compose mode' with the addressee (and sometimes the subject) already filled in for you.

**This subject is a bit more complicated when using a browser-based mail client like Zimbra, Yahoo Mail or Gmail.**

===== Firefox =====

If you use the popular Firefox web browser, you can use this method to make MailTo links work well.

  - **Add the MailtoWebmails add-on to your Firefox**
    - Per user (not system-wide)
    - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/mailtowebmails/
  - **Use the about:mailto URL to add and activate the Zimbra service**
    - Enter **only** ''about:mailto'' in the URL field and press the enter key
    - Click ''Discover'' near the top of the page
    - Scroll down to Zimbra
    - Click ''Install''
    - Click ''Inactive'' (Set as Active)
    - Click the Firefox back button to go back to the main ''about:mailto'' page
  - **Edit the activated Zimbra entry for your Zimbra service**
    - Click the Edit button (pencil icon) for the Zimbra service
    - Change ''zimbra.free.fr'' to your Zimbra server hostname
      - ''zimbra.virtualarchitects.com'' if you are on our service
    - Click Save (floppy disk icon)

{{ :quick_guide:firefox_mailto_add-on.png?750 |Install the MailtoWebmails Add-On}}

{{ :quick_guide:firefox_mailto_manage.png?750 |Manage the MailtoWebmails Add-On}}

{{ :quick_guide:firefox_mailto_install_activate.png?750 |Add and Activate the Zimbra Service}}

{{ :quick_guide:firefox_mailto_edit.png?750 |Edit the Zimbra Service for Your Zimbra Server}}