How to configure your email app in Showell

You can share your Showell content via your preferred email app!

💡In order to share your Showell content via email, you need to have an active email account on your device 

 

👉How to configure an email app on:

👉 How to share via email, using Gmail from your Browser

 

➡️For more information:


Windows devices

  • Configure your email address with any email app, such as Mail or Outlook.
  • Set the email app as a default within Windows. Click here for more information.
    • Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Default apps
    • In 'Set defaults for a file type or link type', search for MAILTO
    • Click the MAILTO (URL:MailTo protocol) and choose your preferred default app.
    • Click OK

set mail default app windows

  • When sharing via email from Showell, it will now open the chosen default app to send your emails from.


iOS devices

  • Configure your email address with any email app, such as Apple Mail, Gmail or Outlook.
  • Open Showell > Side menu > Preferences
  • Click on Email App and choose a default email app.
    set default email iOS showell App
  • When sharing via email from Showell, it will now open the chosen default app to send your emails from.

💡Tip: When having multiple email addresses using Apple Mail, you can set for example your work email as default in the device's settings.
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This means that if you choose Apple Mail as default email app within Showell, It will also automatically choose your default email address.

This is how to do it:

  • Open your device's settings
  • Go to Mail > Default Account (bottom of the list)
    iOS email default account
  • Click on the email address you'd like to set as default in Apple Mail
    iOS email default account address

 



Android devices

  • Configure your email address with any email app, such as Gmail or Outlook.
  • Open Showell
  • Select the content you'd like to share and choose share via email
    • If only one email app is installed, this will open by default.
    • If multiple email apps are installed, you will be prompted by a system pop-up to choose the email app you wish to continue with.

💡Note that due to the high amount of variation between Android devices, the above mentioned option might not be available. If necessary, read your device's manual on how to set an app as default.

 



How to share via email, using Gmail from your Browser

It is possible to share your content via email, using the browser version of Gmail.

Requirements:

  • This is only possible using Google Chrome browser
  • This is possible with Showell App for Web.
  • This is possible with Showell Native app, if 'Chrome' is chosen as default email application.

How to set this up:

  • In Chrome, navigate to Settings > Privacy and Security
  • Click Site settings > Additional Permissions > Protocol Handlers
  • Select: 'Sites can ask to handle protocols'
    • Below this you might find a list of sites that can handle protocols. If Gmail is present in this list, choose 'set as default'. If this option is not available, continue to the next step.
  • Navigate to mail.google.com/
  • In the right side of the address bar, click the 'service handler'-icon
    set gmail as default app
  • Click Allow > Done

💡For more information: Make Gmail your default email program

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