Re: URL MailTo

From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 19:35:37 +0530

Mike,

Netscape does not respect the mailto: handlers in the registry. Here is a way to overcome this problem:
http://charles.loveofcolor.org/archives/2003/10/13/netscape_mailto_outlook/ 

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
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"Mike" <masedlak@att.net> wrote in message news:1e71701c45603$b831d260$a301280a@phx.gbl...
This one has me stumped along with several other "expert"
friends.  I'm posting to this group since I feel the
problem is more Windows than other.
My set up is as follows:
OS = WinXP
Browser = Netscape 7.1
Mail Handler = Outlook 2000
Problem:
When at a website, if I click on a MailTo link, Netscape
Mail comes up, not Outlook.  Obviously since I have no
accounts set up with Netscape mail, I can't send anything.
What I've tried:
1.  Within Netscape, I have the Netscape Mail turned OFF.
2.  Within Outlook, I have Outlook 2000 designated as the
default mail handler.
3.  Within WinXP I have set the File Type open action for
the URL Mailto Protocol to Outlook.exe
I still get Netscape Mail.
Just as a side line, my wife is using Win98 with IE6, and
Outlook 2000.  When she clicks on a MailTo link, Outlook
Express comes up, not Outlook.  I can't fix hers either.
There is obviously some default setting that I'm missing.
Mike

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