Title: Email link generating warnings
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Email link generating warnings

 *  [rexana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rexana/)
 * (@rexana)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-generating-warnings/)
 * On mobile and computer, clicking the email icon that links to my email is generating
   warnings. I am using Safari on mobile and Firefox on my laptop and they are both
   giving warnings about the “safety” of the link.
 * On mobile it says: “Possible Phishing Site: The website you are visiting has 
   a user name or password in its address. This may be a ‘phishing’ website. These
   websites are designed to trick you into disclosing personal or financial information,
   usually by creating a copy of a legitimate website, such as a bank.”
 * On my computer it says: “You are about to log in to the site “berkeley.edu” with
   the username “myemailaddress”, but the website does not require authentication.
   This may be an attempt to trick you.”
    Then when I dismiss the warning, it links
   to [http://www.berkeley.edu](http://www.berkeley.edu) instead of [myemailaddress@berkeley.edu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-generating-warnings/myemailaddress@berkeley.edu?output_format=md).
 * I just have the plugin set up in the standard way and I am concerned that people
   will think I am doing something bad instead of being to email me. Is there a 
   way to fix this?
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 *  Plugin Contributor [Nick C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernnerd/)
 * (@modernnerd)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-generating-warnings/#post-6714393)
 * Hi rexana!
 * Are you using `mailto:name@berkeley.edu` as the email link address, or just `
   name@berkeley.edu`?
 * If your link includes the [mailto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailto) part,
   that should avoid this warning. If you still see the warning after adding it,
   feel free to link to your site – I’d be happy to take a closer look.
 *  Thread Starter [rexana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rexana/)
 * (@rexana)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-generating-warnings/#post-6714511)
 * Nick,
 * That was the issue! Thanks so much!!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Nick C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernnerd/)
 * (@modernnerd)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-generating-warnings/#post-6714513)
 * You’re welcome! Happy to help.

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## Tags

 * [email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email/)
 * [phishing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/phishing/)
 * [warning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/warning/)

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 * Last reply from: [Nick C](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernnerd/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-generating-warnings/#post-6714513)
 * Status: not resolved