FireFox and email ... help needed

[Dario]

I just learned that when I click "mailto:" links while surfing via Mozilla FireFox, I cannot set a default email like I can with IE. Right now it just opens to a blank page on my laptop.

Does anyone know how I can do it? My choice would be to make it default to my gmail account. Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Dario]

BTW, I did check the config and the google.toolbar.mailto.default is set to Gmail

Network protocol handler for external mail are disabled and fires Outlook when I enable them. [?]

 

[Mudder]

I don't think you can have it default to a web based email account. I'm using firefox right now and if I have outlook open it will go there and at home it works with eudora. Have you tried thunderbird email?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

 

[Monty]

I access my email on Fire Fox through my IP.

 

[gketell]

I think I remember that the mailto: is handled by the OS, not the application. You need to set your system to specify which mail handler to use. Unfortunately I've long since switched to a mac so can't look up the exact procedure for you. sorry
GK

 

[Ron in Drums PA]

Originally posted by Mudder
<br />Have you tried thunderbird email?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

That's the way to do it!

Everything moves over automatically during install

 

[toolcrazy]

Firefox isn't a email client. Thunderbird (as said above, is an email client) If you want another client besides Outlook to do email, download Thunderbird.

 

[ahoiberg]

there's really no point using thunderbird with gmail since gmail is a web browser based email server. but i don't think that's what dario is asking.

dario, check out this link: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/06/make-gmail-default-email-client-in.html

if that doesn't work, type: 'chaning your default mailto: in firefox' into google and a bunch of stuff will pop up.

 

[Ron in Drums PA]

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Gmail_with_Thunderbird_and_Mozilla_Suite

 

[Dario]

Andrew,

You got it!

It is working now. THANKS!!! I owe you [].

 

[Mudder]

Originally posted by ahoiberg
<br />there's really no point using thunderbird with gmail since gmail is a web browser based email server. but i don't think that's what dario is asking.

Thunderbird WILL work with Gmail:

http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq.html#webmail

Sometimes it's nice to have offline copies of email and attachments and thunderbird can do that.

Dario;

I'm glad you found the answer you were looking for.

 

[Dario]

Thanks guys...I will look into Thunderbird too []

 

[Jeff-in-Indiana]

Don't forget the "other" Mozilla software SeaMonkey (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/) which contains all three apps (web browser, email client, html editor)