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|    Doug G to Andy Luddy    |
|    Re: Keeping Netscape for mailto: links    |
|    25 Apr 05 11:29:48    |
      From: doug4179@comcast.net              Andy Luddy wrote:       > I have used Netscape for, well, pretty much the past decade, but I am       > considering switching to Firefox as my default browser, because there doesn't       > seem to be any play to update Netscape beyond 7.2 in a coherent fashion (8.0       > appears to be a special purpose version for AOL users). However, because I       make       > extensive use of a netscape.net address, I would like to continue to read my       > email in Netscape, rather than switching to Thunderbird or the complete       Mozilla       > package, because I would like to be able to look at the netscape.net address       > along with my other POP accounts.       >       > However, after installing Firefox, and having allowed that to become the       default       > browser. Now, though, I find that clicking on a mailto: link attempts to       open       > Outlook (shudder). Is there any way to replace Netscape as the default       browser       > while keeping Netscape as the default mail program?       >       > I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2, Netscape 7.2, and Firefox 1.0.3.       >       > TIA              Try using "Set Program Access and Defaults" in Windows' "Add or Remove       Programs."              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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