MailLayer

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

Changelog

• May 9, 2026
  description

  Tired of clicking an email link only to be ripped away from your current tab, or worse, having it launch a clunky desktop email app you never use? Meet MailLayer. 🚀
  
  MailLayer is a lightweight, non-intrusive browser extension that intercepts "mailto:" links (any clickable email address on a website) and brings your email composer directly to the webpage you are currently viewing. Just click an email address, and MailLayer instantly injects a beautifully designed, floating rich-text composer right into your current context.
  
  ✨ Features ✨
  
  🔗 Smart Mailto Interception: Automatically catches email links so you never accidentally launch unwanted desktop email clients again. 
  
  🎯 Contextual Emailing: Never leave your current tab. The MailLayer modal floats seamlessly over your active page. 
  
  📝 Rich Text Editing: Full WYSIWYG editor. Format your emails, add lists, links, and styling just like you would in your normal email client. 
  
  🔒 Direct Gmail Integration: Connects securely to your Google account using the official Gmail API to send emails directly on your behalf. 
  
  🧘‍♂️ Zero Distractions: No need to load up a heavy email client filled with unread messages. Click an email, send your message, and close it.
  
  🛡️ Privacy First 🛡️ MailLayer requires minimal permissions to operate. We only request the ability to send emails on your behalf and view your email address for account identification. We do not read your inbox, store your messages on our servers, or track your browsing habits. All communication happens securely between your browser and Google's API.

  Tired of clicking an email link only to be ripped away from your current tab, or having it launch a clunky desktop email app you never use? Or worse—finding a plain-text email address and having to copy, open a new tab, load Gmail, click compose, and paste? Meet MailLayer. 🚀
  
  MailLayer is a lightweight, non-intrusive browser extension that turns any email address on the internet into an instant compose window. It intercepts standard "mailto:" links and brings your email composer directly to the webpage you are currently viewing. Just click an email address, and MailLayer instantly injects a beautifully designed, floating rich-text composer right into your current context.
  
  ✨ Features ✨
  
  🔗 Smart Mailto Interception: Automatically catches standard email links so you never accidentally launch unwanted desktop email clients again.
  
  🔍 Universal Email Detection (New!): Toggle on our smart-scanner to detect plain-text email addresses on any webpage. MailLayer turns them into clickable links instantly.
  
  🖱️ Highlight & Right-Click (New!): Found a block of text with multiple email addresses? Just highlight it, right-click, and hit "Send Email." MailLayer will automatically extract all valid emails and drop them right into your "To:" line.
  
  🎯 Contextual Emailing: Never leave your current tab. The MailLayer modal floats seamlessly over your active page so you can reference the site while you type.
  
  📝 Rich Text Editing: Full WYSIWYG editor. Format your emails, add lists, links, and styling just like you would in your normal email client.
  
  🔒 Direct Gmail and Outlook Integration: Connects securely to your Google or Outlook account using your existing login to send emails directly on your behalf.
  
  🧘‍♂️ Zero Distractions: No need to load up a heavy email client filled with unread messages. Click an email, send your message, and close it.
  
  🛡️ Privacy First 🛡️
  MailLayer requires minimal permissions to operate. We only request the ability to send emails on your behalf and view your email address for account identification. We do not read your inbox, store your messages on our servers, or track your browsing habits. All communication happens securely between your browser and Google's API.

• May 9, 2026
  permissions

  sidePanel, storage, declarativeNetRequest, activeTab, scripting, identity

  sidePanel, storage, declarativeNetRequest, activeTab, scripting, identity, contextMenus

Permissions & access

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sidePanelstoragedeclarativeNetRequestactiveTabscriptingidentitycontextMenus

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