# Mailto not working in IE6?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-not-working-in-ie6/226742>\
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**Created:** [May 23, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-not-working-in-ie6/226742 "2007-05-23T15:59:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaggieBroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MaggieBroon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MaggieBroon)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-not-working-in-ie6/226742/1 "2007-05-23T15:59:01Z")

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This may seem like a stupid question, but Ive just noticed, as has my client, that the mailto links in their website doesnt work in IE6. It says:

> Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed

Anyone any ideas?