Saturday, June 13, 2009

How do I make yahoo mail my default Email instead of Microsoft?

I want to be able to hit an email link and be take to my Yahoo Email.

How do I make yahoo mail my default Email instead of Microsoft?
To setup yahoo email as your default mail using Internet Explorer.


* Download and install yahoo messenger.


* Click “tools”%26gt;“Internet Options”%26gt;”programs tab” in the menu.


* Make sure yahoo mail is selected under e-mail.


* Click OK. yahoo mail as default using IE is not compatible when using windows vista.





To setup yahoo email as your default mail using Firefox 3 (Yahoo now recommend you use this browser) and it will work with Vista.


* Download and install firefox 3 http://downloads.yahoo.com/?p=win


* After installation and when you have Firefox 3 up and running, click "tools", then "options".


* In the options window that pops up, click the applications tab.


* Scroll down to “mailto” and change to “use yahoo mail”


* Finally click “OK”.








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