Tuesday, December 16, 2008

How to disable the mailto links in Firefox 3

Time to remove the mailto links from Firefox 3

1. Enter "about:config" into the address bar
2. When you are told "This might void your warranty!" click "I'll be careful, I promise!" because you will be careful.
3. Type "mailto" into the filter
4. Select "network.protocol-handler.external.mailto"
5. Toggle to false

That is all. From now on whenever you click on an email address nothing will happen. No more worries about that bloated new Outlook Express email window popping up and wasting a valuable minute of your time.

You can also Set Firefox 3 to Launch Gmail for mailto Links

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