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How to change the "mailto" or default email program?

  • Author of this Article - Jyoti Raut »
  • Published on August 26, 2010 @ 01:30PM PST |

Conclusion On Change Default Email Program - Default email program is a feature which gives you the facility to send an email by email client to the recipient.

Default email program is used to send email over the internet with the help help of some email client for interacting with other users of internet. You can send email when you hit on the link of send email or contact us on any other website.

Change Default Email Program

You can set mailto or default email program as any email provider with which you have an email account, which is used to to send email to recipient of other email address. Here is a list of some email provider which gives you the facility to make them as default email program and after that their email client will send email on behalf of you.

Email Provider who gives default email program facility

  • Yahoo email service
  • Windows live hotmail email service
  • Gmail email service

Default email program uses email extention to send email like Thunderbird by mozilla, outlook express Etc. Those third party extention having feature to support to send your email to specific destination.

You can use any of them as your email client to send email. Setting up the default email program is a easy task Here i m showing you how you can set up default email program on internet explorer and firefox.

Change Default email program or "mailto" In internet explorer

  • For changing the default email program in internet explorer goto "Tools" option of internet explorer.
  • In the tools option you can see an "internet Options" select this option.
  • A new pop up windows will open And now navigate to the "Programs" tab.
  • Now go with the "Manage add-ons" option.
  • One more pop up windows will open where you can change the "Default email programs" with internet explorer.
    change Default email program in internet explorer
    change Default email program in internet explorer

Change Default email program or "mailto" In Firefox

  • you can change default email program or mailto option in firefox also, for changing default email program goto "Tools" option in firefox.
  • Now goto "Option" and in option goto "Applications" tab.
  • Here in search box search for "mailto".
  • New panel will open under the windows where you can select the specific email program which you want to make default.
    Change default email program in firefox
    Change default email program in firefox
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