email from links

Very few of us have MSN Mail, so it is impossible to give you advice
based on real experience with that service.
If you pay a service fee for MSN Mail, they should be willing to
assist you with this problem.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Howard Woodard" <woodard@msn.com> wrote in message news:ECDD50AE-C09A-4900-A0CE-D5E7ED548102@microsoft.com...
> Hi Frank. My problem seems almost just the opposite. I run Vista Ultimate and have always been a MSN browser and MSN Mail
> user. It worked fine under XP Pro. Under Vista, I do not have Windows Live Mail selected as the default e-mail client, I have
> selected "Use my current e-mail client". Yet it continues to open Live Mail from any mailto link. Each time that I start MSN
> it asks me if I want to make it the default mail client and I always click on "Yes". However, nothing changes and it continues
> to open Live Mail whenever I click on a mail link.
>
> Any nice little programmatic fixes for that?
>
> Howard
> ==============================
>
> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:532D6A6F-DFEA-4C44-87AB-D2E5DAE4A997@microsoft.com...
>> "boggers39_5" <boggers39_5@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1AF5F2E3-979A-4B72-9ABB-C43287F7B644@microsoft.com...
>>>i use msn hotmail for my only e mail when i want to reply to an e mail link i
>>> get a you need to be logged into pop3. how do i change this so i avoid
>>> windows mail and the links like on craigslist and such go directly through my
>>> msn mail account? it a pain to have to open a new window and cut and paste
>>> all the time.
>>
>> Hotmail as Default (XP or Vista): http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/224/1/
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
>> www.fjsmjs.com
>> Do not reply with email
>

"boggers39_5" <boggers395@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF74839D-6ED7-45D9-B3E3-A1DCBE5DCEB9@microsoft.com...
> mmm yeah not the same thing ive had to sign into windows before this
> loginnet.passport.com thing is totally different and just for s__ts and
> giggles i tried to sign in like i do for windows and it said fatal error.
> but
> shouldnt it take me directly to hot mail if im already logged in anyways?
> where do i go in my computer to reset the mail defaults manually i dont
> remember how the dell service people had me try it months ago
>
>

A Passport/Windows Live ID is not related to your Windows logon. It is what
is used to log onto Hotmail or onto Microsoft Communities for posting from
the Web interface.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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