How do I stop mail opening automatically if I click email link in browser?

This is more an annoyance than a problem, but: I usually avoid doing this, but sometimes I forget, that when I click on an embedded email in a webpage that Mail will open and set up a composing box for that address (this is when the mailto: command is invoked, I suppose). Is there any way to disable this? I don't use the Mail application, and would just like it to stop.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
In the Preferences to Mail you can set the Default Mail application to whatever you prefer.
Mail -> Preferences -> Default Mail Reader
Thereafter your preferred application will appear when you click a Mailto link,
Regards
TD

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