mailto urls using hotmail and netscape!

I'm not sure if this will work or not...

IN NS, goto preferences > Advanced > System and select the "mailto:" check box.

mailto isnt there, i think that it is only there if you install the netscape mail program (similar to outlook).  I want to be able to use the browser .. the same as IE does.

Im guessing that this change should be done in the registary? to change the program that uses the mailto's from ie to netscape.

Anyone??
Cheers .. Frosty

I think you might need to change your default browser.

Open up Internet Explorer.  
Under the View menu, click Internet Options (in 4.x browsers) or Options (in 3.x browsers).  
In the dialog box that appears, click the tab labeled Programs.  
At the bottom of the dialog box you will see a checkbox that reads "Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser." Make sure this box is not checked.  
Click OK and close Internet Explorer.

Next, set Communicator to be your default browser:
Run Communicator by choosing Programs and then Netscape Communicator from the Start menu or by double-clicking the Communicator icon on your desktop.  
You should be presented with a dialog box that reads "Navigator is no longer registered to handle Internet Shortcuts. Would you like to register Navigator as your default browser?" Click Yes.  

Nope, what you need to do is this:
Make sure your default e-mail application is selected in Internet Options.  I dont use Hotmail, but if it's not an application (if it's web-based) I dont think you can use it.  Netscape & Outlook you can.  Use the same link in HTML: the mailto:..... command.

"Nope, what you need to do is this:"

hehe

echo, i think you need to read the questioners post more carefully. "...it will open a new window in internet explorer and take me to my hotmail compose page. is there any way that i can get it to open in my netscape browser..." he/she wants to use netscape to open his hotmail page, not internet explorer. this was a browser question, not an email question. if hotmail is already being opened automatically when he/she clicks on the mailto link, why would the email program need to be configured? it already is the default mail program. what needs to be changed is the default browser.

thanks for the effort, though.

-monkeyman

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ok...
in internet options hotmail is selected.
netscape is default browser
i want mailto urls to open in netscape browser (not the netscape email client)

i think that i need to tweak the registary to change the default handling of mailto urls (but im not sure what to do)

to make it even more complex: if i log into hotmail using netscape, then click a mailto url, it opens in netscape!?!?

Advice please

btw. have contacted hotmail and they say configure ure browser
contacted netscape and they said you need the settings from hotmail

(just passing the blame)



Frosty

sounds like my original suggestion may be what you need to do. as i could be wrong, i'm curious to know if you tried going to internet options and making your default browser netscape (by using the intructions i gave above).


also, try looking around in here: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open

but be careful in the registry, you don't wanna hose your system.

-nm

yeah ... i had already checked the default browser thing, as i was browing throught the registary i came upon:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Mailto\shell\open\command
it contains a key containing the following:
rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files\INTERN~1\hmmapi.dll",MailToProtocolHandler %1

I feel that this needs editing but what to??


Frosty

i'm actually not sure, to be honest. but it seems that the change would be to the "INTERN~1" part of the key.

and i also found these keys that might be where to look:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\Protocols\mailto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\Protocols\mailto\shell

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\Protocols\mailto\shell\open

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\Protocols\mailto\shell\open\command

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\shell

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\shell\open

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail\shell\open\command



it seems that doing this by modifying the registry is quite involved. i'd actually recommend trying to find an alternative method here.


maybe you should try upgrading both browsers to their latest version releases first, (if you haven't already. i know there's a sp1 for ie6 that was released not too long ago. also install whatever windows updates or service packs that you haven't already.

sorry, man.

Have you tried
Tools > Internet Options > Programs > Email > hotmail

??

In IE go to Tools->Internet Options->Programs->E-mail->Select Netscape Mail x.x

In Netscape go to Edit->Preferences->Mail and Newsgroups-> Check off the ox which says "Use Neetscape Mail as the default mail application.

You can set up hotmail in outlook express, it would be alot quicker to write emails from it

yeah, i know its that line that need changing, i tried changing it to that a while ago and it didnt work :(

Frosty

What error did it give you when trying to open the mailto link?  Or did IE still open as normal?

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