# Mailto: resets to baseURL
**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716
**Category:** support
**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716 "2020-05-21T14:36:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@stockphrase](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/stockphrase)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716/1 "2020-05-21T14:36:58Z")
I’ve read that mailto: is considered safe by Hugo, but when I try to include my email with `[Email](mailto:my@email.com)` the result is that the generated .html just links to the baseURL of my site.
What am I missing here?
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### Author:  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716/2 "2020-05-21T15:30:54Z")
I am unable to reproduce this behavior. This markdown:
```auto
[Email](mailto:my@email.com)
```
Produces this HTML:
```auto
Email
```
Please provide a link to the source code repository for your project.
See [Requesting Help](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/requesting-help/9132).
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### Author:  [@stockphrase](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/stockphrase)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716/3 "2020-05-21T17:05:27Z")
The page in question is here:
- [https://site.comabout-me/contact/](https://site.comabout-me/contact/)
The code for this page
```
# Contact
If you find errors or would like to collaborate, please reach out to me:
- {{< fa globe >}} [Web](https://site.org)
- {{< fa envelope >}} [Email](mailto:email@server.com)
- {{< fa key >}} [PGP](/pgp/key.asc)
{{< fa fingerprint >}} PGP Fingerprint:
```
Is this theme (Hugo Book) preventing this for some reason? Same code works in other Hugo sites.
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### Author:  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716/4 "2020-05-21T17:13:22Z")
> [@stockphrase](#):
>
> Is this theme (Hugo Book) preventing this for some reason?
That’s a question for the theme developer. Log an issue here:
[https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book/issues](https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book/issues)
The theme overrides default link rendering via `layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html`. That’s the first place I’d look for a problem.
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### Author:  [@stockphrase](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/stockphrase)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716/5 "2020-05-21T17:22:11Z")
Thanks. This was a good tip. Was related to an experimental portable links setting. Works great now.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mailto-resets-to-baseurl/25716/6 "2020-05-23T17:35:35Z")
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