Gmail Email URL (mailto) link not working

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I want to create a url that when clicks opens an email IN GMAIL, with the subject and body filled out. My older link used to work, but now if I click it it gives me a Google Error. Another version of the link doesnt load my email (it freezes in the middle); These are the two links, is there something I am doing wrong? It worked perfectly fine before.

  1. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=new&to=&su= Come%20Join%20Me%20at%20Search%20Realty%21&body=Hello%2C%0D%0DI%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20learning%20more%20about%20the%20brokerage%20I%27m%20currently%20with%2E%20They%27re%20a%20forward%20thinking%20company%20that%20provides%20clients%20on%20demand%21%20Book%20a%20time%20to%20meet%20with%20the%20hiring%20manager%20by%20going%20to%3A%0D%0Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fmy-schedule.timetrade.com%2Fapp%2Ftd-4253235%2Fworkflows%2F3hxhg%2Fschedule%2

  2. https://mail.google.com/mail/?fs=1&view=cm&shva=1&su= Come%20Join%20Me%20at%20Search%20Realty%21&body=Hello%2C%0D%0DI%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20learning%20more%20about%20the%20brokerage%20I%27m%20currently%20with%2E%20They%27re%20a%20forward%20thinking%20company%20that%20provides%20clients%20on%20demand%21%20Book%20a%20time%20to%20meet%20with%20the%20hiring%20manager%20by%20going%20to%3A%0D%0Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fmy-schedule.timetrade.com%2Fapp%2Ftd-4253235%2Fworkflows%2F3hxhg%2Fschedule%2

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I don’t know why there ended up being a space after “&su” but even if the space is removed the link does not work. Also the google error I get is:

"502. That’s an error.

The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.

Please try again in 30 seconds. That’s all we know."

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Have you tried using Google’s instructions https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2012/02/Getting-Gmail-to-handle-all-mailto-links-with-registerProtocolHandler

There are plenty of articles that aim to help such as https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/set-gmail-as-browser-default-email-client-ht and https://9to5google.com/2016/02/26/how-to-make-mailto-links-default-gmail-safari-chrome-firefox-os-x/ - they might help especially if Gmail has changed it’s methods recently.

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But Gmail not opening is not the issue, if I change the Gmail link to just https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=new and click enter, gmail opens along with a new email. As soon as I try adding a subject, body, etc. it starts giving me an error.

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