mailto attribute does not open

Question

I’m using the html tag for email link:

<a href ="mailto:[email protected]">Entre em contato</a>

But it just won’t open, nothing happens. My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 32bits Email server is Thunderbird and already tested in opera, Chrome and explorer and none works.

I tested other url link tags and it works normally

Answer 1

good, first of all, there is nothing wrong with your code and it can be tested below: What I added and can help you is a "hack" to check the event "Blur window" as soon as triggered the event

(function($) {
  $('a[href^=mailto]').each(function() {
    var href = $(this).attr('href');
    $(this).click(function() {
      var t;
      var self = $(this);

      $(window).blur(function() {
        // The browser apparently responded, so stop the timeout.
        clearTimeout(t);
      });

      t = setTimeout(function() {
        // The browser did not respond after 500ms, so open an alternative URL.
        document.location.href = '...';
      }, 500);
    });
  });
})(jQuery);

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<a href ="mailto:[email protected]">Entre em contato</a>

References https://www.uncinc.nl/nl/articles/dealing-mailto-links-if-no-mail-client-available https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7214686/detecting-when-mailto-failed