On 21 Mar 2001, at 10:03, A.M. Holm wrote:
> Thank you for the additional explanation. I run into the same
> situation with Calypso but The Bat, multi-featured creature that it
> is, can be set to automatically start if you're surfing and want to
> send an e-mail from a website, without manually opening the programme.
>
> To automatically invoke The Bat go to:
>
> Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs Tab
>
> Under "E-mail" there's a drop down menu where The Bat should be
> listed. If you make The Bat the programme that Windows automatically
> uses for e-mail, it should start whenever you click on a
> "mailto@somewhere".
>
> This would have been a nifty bit of advice if it actually worked.
> Since I have a similar situation, albeit without the additional
> problem of the port 25 block, your pointing out the inconvenience of
> manually starting the e-mail client, has made me try to remedy this
> situation on my own computer. I would be happy to use The Bat with its
> extensive list of accounts in the situations you mentioned above
> instead of Messenger.
>
> I changed the settings, tried it on a website but Messenger still came
> up. I restarted thinking that would do it but still no luck. <grrr>
> Care to give it a whirl?
Okay, I'll give it a whirl:
Open The Bat, or as we say in the States, "Batter up! <g>:
In the left folder pane, highlight the account to which you wish to
assign as the mailto default. If you only have one account there,
then this probably won't be necessary.
Now from the top menu, select:
Account | Properties
In the left Properties pane select "General".
See the bottom of the General properties for a check box for "This
account is the default for mailto: URLs" Check that box.
You can then Okay yourself out of there.
You might need to do a reboot to set this into your Registry,
otherwise just closing The Bat might suffice.
Alan
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