I found the answer, an after update sub was bugging it, once removed as it was not really necessary email link worked fine

Hello,

My first post.

I have a database to control stock incoming and outgoing. The database has a form for suppliers, staff and vessels. each of these forms has a field for an email address. The staff one works fine when you click on the field it opens a new email in outlook. Unforunately the other two forms it just adds a mailto: text next to the email address. I am sure I did nothing different when I created the tables...

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