Aloha ’OHana Impact Team,
For those of you who use Yahoo! as your default email application. Here are instructions on how to make those mailto: links on web pages and in emails open your Ymail account when you click on them.
If you are using Firefox 3.x web browser:
Follow these steps to configure Firefox web browser to recognize yahoo as your default emal application:
- 1. At the top of Firefox 3, click Tools and select Options.
- 2. In the Options window, click Applications from the choices along the top.
- 3. Scroll down to mailto, and click on it.
- 4. In the pull-down menu to the right of mailto, click Use Yahoo! Mail.
- 5. Click OK at the bottom of the Firefox 3 window. You’re done!
If you use Internet Explorer: you can set your default mailto handler by following these steps:
The tiny program that allows you to select Yahoo! Mail as the default email application for your PC is included as part of Yahoo! Toolbar version 7.2 and up for Internet Explorer (not Firefox).
If you don’t have Yahoo! Toolbar v.7.2 or later for Internet Explorer installed, you’ll need to download it before proceeding with these instructions.
Here’s how to set your PC to open Yahoo! Mail when you click an email link on a web page.
- 1. From the Start pop-up menu in the lower left corner of your desktop, select Settings, Control Panel.
- 2. In the Control Panel, select Internet Options. This opens the Internet Properties window.
- 3. Click the Programs tab along the top.
- 4. Click the E-mail pull-down menu, and select Yahoo! Mail.
- 5. Click OK. Done!
We’re sorry there’s not an official version for the Mac—yet.
Note: Yahoo! Toolbar v.7.2 and above for Internet Explorer (not Firefox) is the download that adds Yahoo! Mail to your PC’s list of email programs to choose from. But after you’ve chosen Yahoo! Mail as your PC’s default email application, Yahoo! Mail will open when you click an email link in any browser.
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