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   Ralph Fox to Clueless   
   Re: 7.2 & 8.0 browser conflict   
   06 Oct 05 09:16:19   
   
   From: ralphfralphf@xtraxtra.coco.nznz.undo-echo.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:31:33 -0700, in message   
    , Clueless wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:43:33 -0700, geothermal   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Hi All,   
   > >   
   > >I use Netscape 7.2 for me email program.   
   > >   
   > >I downloaded 8.0 browser and set it as default.   
   > >   
   > >When I click on links in the 7.2 email or newsgroup areas   
   > >the links open up the Netscape 7.2 browser and not 8.0   
   > >browser.  How to fix this ?   
   > >   
   > >Thanks for any replies. (^:   
   > >   
   > >geothermal   
   >   
   > Didn't someone post recently that 8.0 doesn't have mail,   
   > only browser?   If you want 8.0, next time a window   
   > comes up in 7.2 and asks if you want to make it your default  browser,   
   > tell it no.   
   >   
   > Folks, is this at least half right?   
      
      
   The other half is that you need to tell 7.2 not to handle   
   http:// URL links itself using its own built-in browser,   
   but to pass the http:// URL link to the Windows default browser   
   (which should have been set to 8.0).   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
   Ralph   
      
   The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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