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   Andy Luddy to All   
   Keeping Netscape for mailto: links   
   25 Apr 05 10:17:46   
   
   From: aluddy@adelphia.net   
      
   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   
   --   
   Andy Luddy   
   aluddy@adelphia.net   
   "He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass."   
                                     ... George Herbert (1593-1633)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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