Mail this link

Send A Link from Toolbar or ContextMenu

Mail this link - An Efficient Chrome Extension for Sharing Links

'Mail this link' is a useful Chrome extension that integrates into the ContextMenu, providing a feature to mail current webpages along with their page titles, directly from your toolbar. The extension effectively brings the 'Send Link..' functionality of Firefox to Chrome. It's been updated recently with version 1.2, offering improvements and various bug fixes.

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Extension stats

By: jkl

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.62

(77)

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2016-04-22)

Creation date: 2016-04-22

Permissions:

contextMenus
tabs

Size: 25.16K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 7,331 ▲ 72

Other rankings

#4637 in Social Networking ▲ 174 #5 in mail keyword 35 #148 in links keyword 38 ▼ 7

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Works flawlessly in MS Edge
Produces a live and clickable URL
Simple way to send URLs via email
It does what it claims to do when working properly

Cons

Does not open default email client for some users
Fails to work properly after certain updates
Does not support highlighting text for inclusion in emails
Popup window does not close after sending email in Gmail

Most mentioned

Issues with default email client not being recognized
Extension does not work for some users
Requests for features like default recipient and text extraction
Frustration over not being able to contact support due to captcha issues

User reviews

Es ist zum Mäuse melken, dass diese Erweiterung nicht mehr erlaubt ist. Langsam machen die Experten alles kaputt.

Matthias Mair, 2025-03-08

Supertool, und das soll demnächst entfernt werden? Könnte Kotzen.

Jörg, 2024-10-03

Can you add an option to specify a default receiver ?

Antony Saillard (Tooonyo), 2023-11-21

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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