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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: message:// links
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 08:28:59 +0100
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To: Jean-Christophe Helary <brandelune@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Jean-Christophe Helary <brandelune@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm pasting a message:// link into an org-mode file but it fails to be
> recognized as a link that should open in a mail client.
>
> What is a simple way to have org-mode recognize such links ?

One simple way is to define "message:" as an alias for "mailto:", which
is the Org syntax for such links.  This is done with
`org-link-abbrev-alist' variable, or in-buffer "LINK" keyword:

  (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("message" . "mailto")))

One drawback is that you cannot write plain links with abbreviations. So
[[message:foo@bar.baz]] works, but message:@foo@bar.baz does not.

If that is an issue, you can also define a new link with
`org-link-set-parameters':

    (org-link-set-parameters "message" 
     :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "mailto:" path))))

HTH,

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou