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How can I click on an e-mail link and have it automatically start my aol mail?

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DonPaul
DonPaul
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When I click on an e-mail link on Firefox, it will not open my aol mail to compose a letter. I cannot find, on Options - Applications - mailto, where I can point to aol mail.

Can someone help?

When I click on an e-mail link on Firefox, it will not open my aol mail to compose a letter. I cannot find, on Options - Applications - mailto, where I can point to aol mail. Can someone help?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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mailto is missing from the Content type list?
Or, AOL doesn't appear in the Actions dropdown for mailto?

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Changing+the+e-mail+program+used+by+Firefox#Using_webmail_services

DonPaul
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AOL doesn't appear in the actions dropdown for mailto. HOWEVER, I have solved the problem by this manner:

I went to Control Panel - Programs - Default Program - Set Program access & computer defaults - Custom - Choose a default e-mail program - AOL.

When I did that, BAM! - I went to Firefox, clicked on the e-mail address, and it instantly put the e-mail address into AOL on an outgoing e-mail ready for me to use.

Thank you for responding. Don