[WEB4LIB] Setting a mailto protocol for Navigator

[P. Michael McCulley]

See
http://www.macgyver.org/software/nsoutlook.html
for the solution. It's a custom DLL, but works for me with Netscape 4.7.
The solution here also allows you to SEND TO using Outlook.

Best regards,
Michael

P. Michael McCulley
Email: mcculley at best.com

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: web4lib at webjunction.org
>>[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Peter Murray
>>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 01:36 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list
>>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Setting a mailto protocol for Navigator
>>
>>
>>I know it sounds easy, but I am having the darndest time trying
>>to convince
>>a full-blown Netscape download to use Outlook as the 'mailto' protocol
>>handler.  No matter what I do to the PC's file-type definitions or
>>Navigator's "Application" preferences, it insists on using
>>Communicator for
>>outgoign mail.  I found a really nice page which describes what one needs
>>to do:
>>
>>  <http://gocsm.net/smcccd/faculty/kennedyc/cis150/150faq.htm#q13>
>>
>>..which seems simple enough, except that it doesn't work.
>>
>>Setting a different 'mailto' handler sounds like a very common
>>thing to do,
>>but perhaps I'm missing a basic "can't be done".  Has anyone else gotten
>>this to work?
>>
>>
>>Peter
>>--
>>Peter Murray, Computer Services Librarian              W: 860-570-5233
>>University of Connecticut Law School             Hartford, Connecticut
>>
>>