diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/raw/changes b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/raw/changes
index fdc6d3721..64fab310e 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/raw/changes
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/raw/changes
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   individually (and only when open) to the app communicating on behalf
   of all games.  You should notice only that moves are transmitted
   more reliably.  But this being new code you may also notice bugs.
-  If you don't tell me about them (see the "Email author"
-  menuitem) they will not get fixed.
+  If you don't <a href="mailto:xwords@eehouse.org">tell me about
+  them</a> they will not get fixed.
 </p>
 
 <h3>New with this release</h3>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/FirstRunDialog.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/FirstRunDialog.java
index 2e2365bd0..13c2fd2a8 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/FirstRunDialog.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/FirstRunDialog.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package org.eehouse.android.xw4;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
+import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import java.io.Reader;
  */
 
 public class FirstRunDialog {
-    public static void show( Context context )
+    public static void show( final Context context )
     {
         String page = null;
         InputStream inputStream = null;
@@ -71,6 +72,19 @@ public class FirstRunDialog {
         // This won't support e.g mailto refs.  Probably want to
         // launch the browser with an intent eventually.
         WebView view = new WebView( context );
+        view.setWebViewClient( new WebViewClient() {
+                @Override
+                public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading( WebView view, 
+                                                         String url ) {
+                    boolean result = false;
+                    if ( url.startsWith("mailto:") ){
+                        Utils.emailAuthor( context );
+                        result = true;
+                    }
+                    return result;
+                }
+            });
+
         view.loadData( page, "text/html", "utf-8" );
 
         AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder( context )