That NY MacUsers Group advice won't help Helen, who is using Jaguar, not Panther. These days it's hard to find our way around the zoo without a map! :-)
---Jay On 11/10/03, Judith declared: >Helen: > >I was recently advised by a member of the NY MacUsers Group on their >MetroMac website that the way to change the email default is: > >"Launch the version of Mail that installs with Panther even though you >may want to use another email client as your default. Visit the >Preferences. Choosing the default email reader is the first pref. Select >your preferred mail client from the list or navigate to it if it doesn't >appear in the list. Now quit Mail and forget about it. > >You will need Safari and Mail to reside on your system, whether you use >them or not, if you want to change your default email and browser apps in >the future." > >Good luck. > >>I've just put Netscape on my iMac (OSx 10.2.8) and have used the method >>recommended previously in this list to get Netscape to NOT use its own >>mailer ) when I click on an email address in the browser but now it >>pulls up APPLE mail .... >> >>I've changed the internest settings in OSx to PM as the default mailer >>... clicking on an email address in a PM message brings up apple mail >>too.. Bouncing the machine seems to put the apple mailer back as default >>in sys prefs.. >> >>agghhh. >> >>This seems to be a mac issue not a PM or Netscape issue now .. can anyone >>give me a clue? >> >>Thanks >>Helen. >>> > >-- >Judy Beiss > >
