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Default Mail Application?

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This morning, when I launched it on my Windows laptop, Thunderbird asked me:

Would you like to make Thunderbird your default mail application?

It got me thinking, when is the last time I clicked on a “mailto:” link anyway?

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Posted April 25th, 2006 @ 6:00 PM

5 Replies

Phil Ringnalda adds this Comment:

I sometimes accidentally click them in Bugzilla, when I intend to copy the address for someone I’m asking for patch review or CCing on another bug. Actually clicking one and sending mail? I’m sure I’ve done it. I must have, right?

April 25th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Ryan Christensen adds this Comment:

I was actually thinking about this the other day.. how I’ve been through several ‘default email client’ switches over the last couple years.. but it’s been *ages* since I’ve actually clicked a mailto link.

April 25th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
will langford adds this Comment:

true stuff…i only use web based mail services.

April 26th, 2006 at 12:48 am
littleman09z adds this Comment:

I know this is about Windows right here but on my Mac’s I use in Path Finder, Compress and Email a lot so that is using the “defualt” mail client.

I have never used a a mailto: before. I have always found them useless. When I do want to use one, I am not at my own computer

April 26th, 2006 at 4:14 am
Marshall Kirkpatrick adds this Comment:

When I’m looking at less technically savvy sites I sometimes feel compelled to click a link that says “contact us” when looking for its geographic location. Sometimes I don’t think to just hover, I just presume that a contact page will be linked.

It’s not too hard to make GMail your default email client.

May 1st, 2006 at 4:44 pm

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