Set Up Email Client for Sharing
Set the default program for email actions.
Whenever you click on a link that says, "Email Us" or when you use the Email feature in Ript, your computer uses whatever program you’ve set as the default for email.
In Windows Vista:
| 1 | In the Start menu, type "default programs " in the search box. |  |
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In the Default Programs dialogue, click on Set your Default Programs Windows will display the Set Program Defaults Dialogue. |  |
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On the left side of the dialogue, Windows displays a list of applications. Scroll through the list to find your email program. Note : Windows will list every email client you have installed on your machine in this space. Your computer came with Windows Mail installed. If you don’t like Windows Mail, you can download a mail client called Thunderbird for free here. Windows mail does not support Hotmail, so if you are a Hotmail user, you should install Microsoft’s new Windows Live Mail, available here. |  |
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Once you’ve selected your mail client in the Programs window, Windows will ask you to set it as default. Click Set this program as default. If your primary email program is a webmail program (Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) go on to the instructions for configuring your email client to access webmail. |  |
Configure your email client to access webmail
Every webmail provider will allow you to check your webmail through an email client, but each has slightly different procedure for access..
The following links will help you to link your client to your mail provider.
- GMail: Go to GMail’s POP Access FAQs
- Hotmail: You can find a free download of Windows Live Mail here. The Windows Live Mail application will walk you through the setup after you install it.
- Yahoo: Download the Yahoo mail client, or view the tutorial on how to access Yahoo mail from your own mail client.
