From: doug4179@comcast.net   
      
   Andy Luddy wrote:   
   > Doug G wrote:   
   >> 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."   
   >   
   > I tried this, and the behavior of Firefox didn't change.  Nor does entering a   
   > "mailto:" address in Start/Run (it also opens Outlook).  Thanks for offering,   
   > though. Doug.  Never knew what "Set Program Access and Defaults" did before.   
   > Apparently, not much (thanks, M'soft).   
   >   
   > Is anyone using Netscape Mail with some other browser?   
   >   
      
   Outlook may still be set for E-mail in Control Panel > Internet Options   
    > Programs.  Or it may have become associated with the URL:MailTo   
   Protocol in Folder Options > File Types.   
      
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