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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   
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