Firefox 3.5: Set Gmail as the Default Email Client
Contributed by Rob Rogers 
Tagged: Mozilla Firefox If you use Gmail as your primary email client, Firefox 3.5 makes it easy to associate any mailto links that you might encounter to us Gmail as the default email client. While this has been possible with previous versions, you don’t need to jump through any hoops or use any add-ons with Firefox 3.5.
1. Open Firefox.
2. Go to the menu, click Tools and select Options.
3. Click the Applications tab.
4. Scroll down to the mailto Content type.
5. Select the associated Action dropdown and select Use Gmail.
6. Click the OK button.
DeeJay said on July 9, 2009
Thanks for the tip!
Anonymous said on July 31, 2009
Thanks
Mikey said on August 25, 2009
this was actually useful, cheers mate!
Anonymous said on August 27, 2009
I have Firefox 3.0.13 (3.5 won’t install for some reason) and this works for me too. Nice tip!
Sick of kids! said on September 9, 2009
Wow! you are so clever!!!
Erika said on September 11, 2009
Thank you so much! This us just what I needed!
Guest said on September 21, 2009
awesome !
Anonymous said on September 21, 2009
Nice tip, but two flaws.
1. I don’t have an options menu under tools, so I have to go to the Firefox menu under Preferences.
2. I don’t have an okay button in the preferences. The red X in the upper left corener of the window is the only way to close the window without force quitting.
Anonymous said on October 1, 2009
U must be using linux or a mac or a customized firefox then,not windows