diff --git a/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_message_formatter.rb b/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_message_formatter.rb
index 55e68a7..2277c65 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_message_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_message_formatter.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ module DiscourseChat::Provider::SlackProvider
       uri = URI(url) rescue nil
 
       return Discourse.current_hostname unless uri
+      return uri.to_s if uri.scheme == "mailto"
+
       uri.host = Discourse.current_hostname if !uri.host
       uri.scheme = (SiteSetting.force_https ? 'https' : 'http') if !uri.scheme
       uri.to_s
diff --git a/spec/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_provider_spec.rb b/spec/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_provider_spec.rb
index 7cd773e..ddd8e9d 100644
--- a/spec/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_provider_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/discourse_chat/provider/slack/slack_provider_spec.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseChat::Provider::SlackProvider do
           .to eq('<http://somesource.com|meta.discourse.org>')
       end
     end
+
+    describe 'when post contains an email' do
+      it 'should return the right excerpt' do
+        post.update!(cooked: <<~COOKED
+            The address is <a href=\"mailto:someone@domain.com\">my email</a>
+        COOKED
+        )
+
+        expect(described_class.excerpt(post))
+          .to eq('The address is <mailto:someone@domain.com|my email>')
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '.trigger_notifications' do