if i click on an email address, i get outlook come up i want gmail, how do i change it that i go straight into gmail and not outlook

I believe, I don't use Gmail, that you need to add an application from Google called Gmail notifier. When installing it there's an option to make Gmail your default mail client.

Regards

Edited May 31, 200818 yr by A_Traveller

Isn`t there something like setting default programs??. In vista there is, very easy.

cannot remember if xp had something like that.

^ that depends on how you're accessing Gmail, e.g. IMAP. There are programs out there to add GMail as a defined 'default' since I don't believe it ships with Windows, though the hooks for 'live' do.

Regards

PS In Firefox 3 the mailto: function can be amended

Edited May 31, 200818 yr by A_Traveller

just save as favourites then click onto the icon when you want to go to gmail or just type www.gmail.com,not rocket science

You have two easy options:

1) Use Gmail notifier like A_Traveller recommend and use the option to compose internet mailto: links in gmail. This method will work for firefox or IE, and of course you're notified when you get new email.

2) If you use firefox, i would recommend using the "Better Gmail 2" extension. This will also force mailto: links to use gmail but has a whole slew of additional options as well, like forcing gmail to use https connections and removing some of the cllutter in gmail.

Maybe this can fix it?:

Instead of running Outlook, you want it to run IE or Firefox and go to Gmail?

Not sure how to make your browser go to Gmail - but at least it should start instead of Outlook if you change this setting in Internet properties.

Full info for the OP here:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2202/gmail_...m_xp_vista_os_x

I was interested in that, too, installed it now, tried it and it works beautifully.

I guess the OP wants to use web mail interface but I just use Outlook to send/receive Gmail so opening Outlook is what I want.

just save as favourites then click onto the icon when you want to go to gmail or just type www.gmail.com,not rocket science

OK SMART AR SE you obviously arnt as inteligent as u think u r