Re: Make IE default mail client (for web-based mail)

From: Uma Meesala [MSFT] (umamee_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:17:57 -0800

IE itself could not be used as email client. Please refer this article for
more information on using different email clients in IE
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q154/3/59.asp&NoWebContent=1

Thanks,
Uma. 

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"David Foster" <NOSPAMdavidf@iTraveltime.com> wrote in message
news:eWvVW9o5DHA.1428@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Our company uses browser-based mail - we all use IE6. How can I make IE
the
> default mail client - so that if I click a mailto: link or an email
address,
> the browser opens a compose new mail window to send the mail.
>
> Right now, we have our defaults set to Outlook Express and use OE for
> sending mail only, when we click an address or mailto: link. This works
> fine, but it would be better if our own familiar browser-based compose
mail
> window came up instead.
>
> I saw that Yahoo! Mail has a program that can be downloaded to make Yahoo!
> browser based mail the default. How would that work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>

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