diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser.js b/browser/base/content/browser.js
index 3b8b93a59f7..5b88dab4d5d 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.js
@@ -3015,6 +3015,7 @@ nsContextMenu.prototype = {
     },
     initSaveItems : function () {
         this.showItem( "context-savepage", !( this.inDirList || this.isTextSelected || this.onTextInput || this.onLink ));
+        this.showItem( "context-sendpage", !( this.inDirList || this.isTextSelected || this.onTextInput || this.onLink ));
 
         // Save link depends on whether we're in a link.
         this.showItem( "context-savelink", this.onSaveableLink );
@@ -3023,6 +3024,9 @@ nsContextMenu.prototype = {
         this.showItem( "context-saveimage", this.onImage );
         
         this.showItem( "context-sendimage", this.onImage );
+        
+        // Send link depends on whether we're in a link.
+        this.showItem( "context-sendlink", this.onSaveableLink );   
     },
     initViewItems : function () {
         // View source is always OK, unless in directory listing.
@@ -3449,10 +3453,16 @@ nsContextMenu.prototype = {
     saveLink : function () {
         saveURL( this.linkURL(), this.linkText(), null, true, true );
     },
+    sendLink : function () {
+        sendLink( this.linkURL(), "" ); // we don't know the title of the link so pass in an empty string
+    },
     // Save URL of clicked-on image.
     saveImage : function () {
         saveURL( this.imageURL, null, "SaveImageTitle", false );
     },
+    sendImage : function () {
+        sendLink(this.imageURL, "" ); 
+    },
     toggleImageBlocking : function (aBlock) {
       var nsIPermissionManager = Components.interfaces.nsIPermissionManager;
       var permissionmanager =
@@ -4211,6 +4221,27 @@ function charsetLoadListener (event)
     }
 }
 
+// a generic method which can be used to pass arbitrary urls to the operating system.
+// aURL --> a nsIURI which represents the url to launch
+function launchExternalUrl(aURL)
+{
+  var extProtocolSvc = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/uriloader/external-protocol-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIExternalProtocolService);
+  if (extProtocolSvc)
+    extProtocolSvc.loadUrl(aURL);
+}
+
+function sendLink(url, title)
+{
+  // generate a mailto url based on the url and the url's title
+  var mailtoUrl = url ? "mailto:?body=" + url + "&subject=" + escape(title) : "mailto:";
+
+  var ioService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIIOService);
+  var uri = ioService.newURI(mailtoUrl, null, null);
+
+  // now pass this url to the operating system
+  launchExternalUrl(uri); 
+}
+
 #ifdef XP_MACOSX
 const nsIWindowDataSource = Components.interfaces.nsIWindowDataSource;
 
diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser.xul b/browser/base/content/browser.xul
index 75b7ab994fe..76bf9e1d618 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/browser.xul
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.xul
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
     <command id="cmd_newNavigatorTab" oncommand="BrowserOpenTab();"/>
     <command id="Browser:OpenFile"  oncommand="BrowserOpenFileWindow();"/>
     <command id="Browser:SavePage" oncommand="saveDocument(window._content.document);"/>
+    <command id="Browser:SendLink" oncommand="sendLink(Components.lookupMethod(window._content, 'location').call(window._content).href,
+                                              Components.lookupMethod(window._content.document, 'title').call(window._content.document));"/>
     <command id="Browser:Print" oncommand="BrowserPrint();"/>
     <command id="cmd_close" oncommand="BrowserCloseTabOrWindow()"/>
     <command id="cmd_closeWindow" oncommand="BrowserCloseWindow()"/>
@@ -325,6 +327,12 @@
                 label="&saveLinkCmd.label;"
                 accesskey="&saveLinkCmd.accesskey;"
                 oncommand="gContextMenu.saveLink();"/>
+#ifndef XP_UNIX
+      <menuitem id="context-sendlink"
+                label="&sendLinkCmd.label;"
+                accesskey="&sendLinkCmd.accesskey;"
+                oncommand="gContextMenu.sendLink();"/>
+#endif
       <menuitem id="context-copyemail"
                 label="&copyEmailCmd.label;"
                 accesskey="&copyEmailCmd.accesskey;"
@@ -347,6 +355,12 @@
                 label="&saveImageCmd.label;"
                 accesskey="&saveImageCmd.accesskey;"
                 oncommand="gContextMenu.saveImage();"/>
+#ifndef XP_UNIX
+      <menuitem id="context-sendimage"  
+                label="&sendImageCmd.label;" 
+                accesskey="&sendImageCmd.accesskey;" 
+                oncommand="gContextMenu.sendImage();"/>
+#endif
       <menuitem id="context-setWallpaper"
                 label="&setWallpaperCmd.label;"
                 accesskey="&setWallpaperCmd.accesskey;"
@@ -380,6 +394,12 @@
                 label="&savePageCmd.label;"
                 accesskey="&savePageCmd.accesskey;"
                 oncommand="saveDocument(window._content.document);"/>
+#ifndef XP_UNIX
+      <menuitem id="context-sendpage"  
+                label="&sendPageCmd.label;" 
+                accesskey="&sendPageCmd.accesskey;" 
+                command="Browser:SendLink"/>
+#endif
       <menuseparator id="context-sep-viewbgimage"/>  
       <menuitem id="context-viewbgimage"
                 label="&viewBGImageCmd.label;"
@@ -606,6 +626,9 @@
                 <menuseparator/>
                 <menuitem label="&savePageCmd.label;" accesskey="&savePageCmd.accesskey;" key="key_savePage" command="Browser:SavePage"/>
                 <menuitem id="menu_saveFrame" label="&saveFrameCmd.label;" accesskey="&saveFrameCmd.accesskey;" oncommand="saveFrameDocument();" hidden="true"/>
+#ifndef XP_UNIX
+                <menuitem id="menu_sendLink"  label="&sendPageCmd.label;"  accesskey="&sendPageCmd.accesskey;"  command="Browser:SendLink"/>
+#endif
                 <menuseparator/>
                 <menuitem label="&printSetupCmd.label;" accesskey="&printSetupCmd.accesskey;" oncommand="BrowserPrintSetup();"/>
                 <menuitem label="&printPreviewCmd.label;" accesskey="&printPreviewCmd.accesskey;" oncommand="BrowserPrintPreview();"/>
diff --git a/browser/base/locale/browser.dtd b/browser/base/locale/browser.dtd
index 0b0e365e475..87f1d50afe8 100644
--- a/browser/base/locale/browser.dtd
+++ b/browser/base/locale/browser.dtd
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@
 <!ENTITY bookmarkLinkCmd.accesskey    "L">
 <!ENTITY bookmarkFrameCmd.label       "Bookmark This Frame...">
 <!ENTITY bookmarkFrameCmd.accesskey   "F">
+<!ENTITY sendPageCmd.label            "Send Page...">
+<!ENTITY sendPageCmd.accesskey        "S">
 <!ENTITY savePageCmd.label            "Save Page As...">
 <!ENTITY savePageCmd.accesskey        "A">
 <!ENTITY savePageCmd.commandkey       "s">
@@ -219,8 +221,12 @@
 <!ENTITY saveFrameCmd.accesskey       "F">
 <!ENTITY saveLinkCmd.label            "Save Link to Disk...">
 <!ENTITY saveLinkCmd.accesskey        "k">
+<!ENTITY sendLinkCmd.label            "Send Link..."> 
+<!ENTITY sendLinkCmd.accesskey        "d">
 <!ENTITY saveImageCmd.label           "Save Image As...">
 <!ENTITY saveImageCmd.accesskey       "v">
+<!ENTITY sendImageCmd.label           "Send Image...">
+<!ENTITY sendImageCmd.accesskey       "n">
 <!ENTITY copyLinkCmd.label            "Copy Link Location">
 <!ENTITY copyLinkCmd.accesskey        "C">
 <!ENTITY copyImageCmd.label           "Copy Image Location">