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Make Gmail the default email client in Firefox

I recently read an article written by Amit from Digital Inspirations who was describing a way to set Gmail as the default email client in Firefox. Whenever a email link would be clicked on the Gmail compose mail page would be opened. His way required users to download Google Talk and activate the option “Open Gmail when I click on Email links”.

There is however a way to reach this goal without installing Google Talk at all. All you need is the Google Toolbar for Firefox. Click the Options button in the toolbar and select Send with Gmail from the Browsing tab.

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Another alternative would be to use Greasemonkey scripts that do the same. GMailTo would be such a script for instance.

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    Download Gmail Manager extension for Firefox, it works too

  2. paul says:

    Cannot send this sight through my e-mail. I have a default e-mail client, but, it still doesn’t work. It goes directly to my e-mail with no attachments, nada.

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