# How do I email a web link using Thunderbird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Desktop Support\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [August 19, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352 "2019-08-19T15:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Grammy](https://community.brave.app/u/Grammy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/1 "2019-08-19T15:13:38Z")
I installed a ‘mailto’ app, but it doesn’t offer Thunderbird as a choice and I don’t know the URL for it. Does Brave offer something that works? Running Win 7 and Brave Dev. ---
**Author:** ![steeven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/steeven/32/17661_2.png) [@steeven](https://community.brave.app/u/steeven)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/2 "2019-08-19T16:44:25Z")
Hi @Grammy, Thanks for writing in. You’ll need to ensure that the default mail app on your OS is set to Thunderbird. Try the following steps: Windows -\> Default apps -\> Email -\> Thunderbird Let me know if this doesn’t work and we’ll keep digging! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Grammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Grammy](https://community.brave.app/u/Grammy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/3 "2019-08-20T02:50:45Z")
The _mailto_ extension I added from the Google store, I guess only works with an ‘online’ mail service. Do you have an app that will work with Thunderbird? I don’t have this issue with Firefox or with Chrome. This is an important feature I need. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/4 "2019-08-20T22:36:05Z")
@Grammy, Can you tell me which `mailto` app you’ve installed in Brave so that I can test this on my end? Additionally, just to confirm, you’d like to be able to click a link in-browser, which then opens Thunderbird (assuming it’s a mailto link/email address) by default – is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![Grammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Grammy](https://community.brave.app/u/Grammy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/5 "2019-08-21T01:42:32Z")
I got it from the Chrome store: Mailto: Offered by: mailto developer; it puts an envelope above the Taskbar. I want to click the Mailto ‘envelope’ and have Thunderbird open with the URL link in the message part so I can send the link of the web page to someone. I want it to work just like the Mailto links in the other browsers. Buuuttt this app from the Chrome store doesn’t work that way. It says: Choose an email service AOL mail FastMail Gmail Hotmail / Windows Live Mail / [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com) Yahoo mail Zoho mail or Does this make sense and help? ---
**Author:** ![NickJP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickJP](https://community.brave.app/u/NickJP)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/6 "2019-08-24T08:06:44Z")
This extension works for me with Thunderbird when Tbird is set as the default email application in Windows: [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/share-link-via-email/ejdbkikfbnnhmachnnomjfgjbgkcnjkb](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/share-link-via-email/ejdbkikfbnnhmachnnomjfgjbgkcnjkb). After installation it adds a envelope icon at the right side of the address bar. Before first using it, open Options for the extension and set “Email Sender Selection” as the default email client and " Open in new window" as default email client. ---
**Author:** ![Grammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Grammy](https://community.brave.app/u/Grammy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/7 "2019-08-25T21:41:49Z")
**WONDERFUl!** It works…I’m so happy. 😃 I had tried the Chrome webstore before but I didn’t find this link there. I wonder why. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/how-do-i-email-a-web-link-using-thunderbird/76352/8 "2019-10-24T21:46:21Z")
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