<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1613" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=468370323-28092008>Paul,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=468370323-28092008>I found the following at <A href="http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10966">http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10966</A>, which might not be the complete answer, but may get you started:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=468370323-28092008> <DIV class=answer_heading> <H2 class=answer_title>Making Gmail your default mail application</H2> <DIV class=clear></DIV></DIV> <DIV class="i article_content">You can designate Gmail as your default <STRONG>mailto</STRONG> handler. This means that when you click on any hyperlinked email address, a Gmail compose window will open so you can send a message to that address from Gmail. <P>To do so in Windows: </P> <OL> <LI><A href="http://mail.google.com/mail/help/notifier/">Download the Gmail Notifier</A>. </LI> <LI>Right-click the Notifier icon in your system tray, and select <STRONG>Options</STRONG>. </LI> <LI>Check the box next to <STRONG>Use Gmail for internet mailto: links</STRONG>. </LI> <LI>Click <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. </SPAN></FONT></LI></OL></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=468370323-28092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> <P><FONT size=2>Scott Jackson<BR>Mt Keira, NSW, Australia. </FONT></P></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=468370323-28092008> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>paul bruesch<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 29 September 2008 3:14<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> OT photo reduction vis-a-vis mail clients<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT> <DIV dir=ltr>These "Right-click-select-email-pictures" instructions work well and good if you use a POP email client program such as Thunderbird or Outlook. However, I am unaware of how to make Windows aware of my desire to use gmail (or yahoo, or other) web-based email by default. I hardly claim to be a Windows Expert, but I'm no slouch, either.  <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>If anyone is aware of a hack to enable this, I'd sure be interested.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Paul Bruesch</DIV> <DIV>Stillwater, MN</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>