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open_mailto.sh
#!/bin/bash
# To install:
# mkdir ~bin
# Paste this in ~bin/open_mailto.sh
# chmod a+x ~bin/open_mailto.sh
# Go to System \ Preferences \ Preferred Applications
# Under Mail Reader, select Custom, and then put /home/username/bin/open_mailto.sh into the Command window, changing "username" to your username.
# Voilà! Credits to: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/set-gmail-as-default-mail-client-in-ubuntu/
google-chrome "https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&to=`echo $1 | sed 's/mailto://'`"
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fatso83 commented Nov 30, 2017

good, but "preferred applications" are no longer in preferences. and I don't know where it went either :)

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