Add possibility to assign SmarterMail website as default email handler on browser set as default mail program on any OS using mailto URL scheme

Idea shared by Remi Heppell - 6/9/2022 at 12:36 PM

Under Consideration

Now all major browser offer the possibility to be assign as default Mail program. Inside those browser, you can specify witch website is assigned by default to respond to MailTo request.

This is done by using navigator.registerProtocolHandler function :

See in developer.mozilla.org and search for the function.

Exemple use :

navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto", webmail.domaine.com/interface/root#/popout/email/?to=%s", "SmarterMail client")

Parameters available in RFC 2368

mailto:mail@example.com?subject=test&body=body test.&attach=path-to-local-file

All the following mail client accept the attach=path-to-file

Windows

Outlook

The Bat!

Postbox

eM Client

IBM Notes

Linux

Thunderbird

KMail

Evolution

Trojitá

Claws

Mutt

macOS

Apple Mail

MailMate

Airmail

iOS Mail App

K-9 Mail

R2Mail2

MailDroid

More and more client are asking us if there is a way to use SmarterMail directly instead of installing email client's software locally on computer because they use only SmarterMail in webbrowser.

Thanks for taking this feature into consideration

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Gabriele Maoret - SERSIS Replied

6/10/2022 at 2:35 AM

Gabriele Maoret - Head of SysAdmins and CISO at SERSIS Currently manages 6 SmarterMail installations (1 in the cloud for SERSIS which provides services to a few hundred third-party email domains + 5 on-premise for customers who prefer to have their mail server in-house)

Employee Replied

6/16/2022 at 2:09 PM

Employee Post

Hi Remi,

A +1 from me too! Thanks for the suggestion. I went ahead and created a ticket on this so we can get the request escalated to our product management team for consideration.

Reto Replied

6/20/2022 at 11:11 PM

Hi Emily

I would like this feature too. I even created a ticket (3CB-26EB6B98-0B05) about two years ago, but had no success.

Nathan McKAy Replied

6/21/2022 at 10:31 AM

We have people who use outlook (they can't stand thunderbird, lesigh) specifically because of this. This would be wonderful--We could cut more from our yearly costs.

Curtis Kropar www.HawaiianHope.org Replied

6/21/2022 at 7:16 PM

I thought, years ago, like Smartermail 12 or 13, that this worked ? I seem to remember at one point clicking on "mailto" links and smartermail would pop open ? But i am talking like 10 - 15 years ago. did it ?

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