Title: Email Link Issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Email Link Issue

 *  [mudisoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mudisoft/)
 * (@mudisoft)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-issue/)
 * Hello, when I add an e-mail address to the widget it puts http:// in front and
   therefore it doesn’t work. Can we change this to mailto please? In a perfect 
   world there’ll be a feature to obfuscate the address and hide it from bots as
   well…
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-social-icons/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-social-icons/)

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 *  [chrisrouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisrouse/)
 * (@chrisrouse)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-issue/#post-5118245)
 * You need to enter the email address as “mailto:you@youremaildomain.com” and it
   will work.
 *  [hollya76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hollya76/)
 * (@hollya76)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-issue/#post-5118437)
 * Hi, I have tried the “mailto:you@youremaildomain.com.au” format and the http://
   format, but all that happens when I click the icon is that a new tab opens with“
   mailto:you@youremaildomain.com.au” in the address bar. (google chrome)
 * It seems to work ok when i try using my hotmail.com address. Do you think there’s
   an issue with the widget functioning with a ‘com.au’ address?
 * If it is the additional “.au”, what can I do to make this work? I need to use
   my client’s email address and not my own.
 * Thanks in advance…
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-issue/#post-5118438)
 * > It seems to work ok when i try using my hotmail.com address. Do you think there’s
   > an issue with the widget functioning with a ‘com.au’ address?
 * For a mailto: link to work your browser needs to have a default mail client set
   in the browser configuration. Your browser may recognize & act on the big mail
   domains (gmail, hotmail, etc.)

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 * Last reply from: [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-link-issue/#post-5118438)
 * Status: not resolved