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From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-06-07 00:47:09


On 7/06/2022 12:21, Marshall Clow wrote:
> On Jun 6, 2022, at 5:10 PM, Gavin Lambert wrote:
>>
>> I don't think anyone actually types mailto: addresses into the address bar on a browser,
>
> I just tried it (because why not)
>
> mailto:boost_at_[hidden]
>
> * Google Chrome - launched my mail program and created a new message
> * Safari - asked if I wanted to let the page create an email message and (when I said “Allow”) did so.
> * Brave - asked if I wanted to let the page create an email message and (and when I said “Yes”) did so.

I was not claiming that it wouldn't work, just that people don't
actually type it in as a general rule.

Browsers will of course support it, because it's a standard thing to
support for hyperlinks in pages (at least for people who don't mind
addresses being harvested by bots).


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