Thursday, March 22, 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Wednesday, March 21, 2001, Alan S. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On 21 Mar 2001, at 10:03, A.M. Holm wrote:
>>>..............
>>> 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".
> The Bat! is already there.
>> ...............
>> 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
>> ...............
>> 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.
> I "restarted" Win95. Netscape is still coming up instead of The Bat!
> I'll shut down the computer later, and see what happens when I turn on
> the computer tomorrow.
Now is "tomorrow". I am still getting Messenger when I click on a
mailto on a web site.
Does the above setting work for you (i.e. for The Bat! to come up when
you click mailto in a Netscape browser)? If yes, I am probably
missing something. [I am using Win95a if it makes a difference.]
Best regards,
JM
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