Is there a simple email client without all the extras like opening a new email accoun

Hello
Everytime Im at a web site and it says send so and so an email...when I click the link I get a message that reads.."No email client installed " or something like that! I dont want windows live because I have to sign up another email account! I have yahoo and thats all I want! I dont need more than one email offices!...I just want something that will do the job and that job I described above only....thanks..outward express is close but it wont work on my yahoo account cause I have not upgrade.

 

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Thannks..but windows live reqire setting up their hotmail email account and I dont need another emails account I have one(yahoo) for a long time and thats all I want.......

 

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Hi..I reaaly dont need a messanger email client I use yahoo messenger to bring in my emails..all I want is to be able to send email to web site..instead of getting the annoying message..."No email client set up properly message! and none of the extras stuff..just the simple manover of sending email funtion!..thanks

 

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well..the last time I tried it..I couldn't get by that sign up hotmail acount page!...when I xed it out..it stoped the whole installation altogether!..maybe I got onto the wrong page sequence or something I dont know...so I unistallled the windows live program. from my computer

 

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if your willing to use Outlook Express you can run it with YahooPOPs (yPops)and it will solve your issues. YahooPOPs acts as a go between for free Y! Mail accounts.
So you have SMTP/POP access to your free yahoo mail with out paying for it.

If you wanted to install Thunderbird, there is a plug in for various web mail sites.
http://webmail.mozdev.org/

Then once you have a default mail client when you click mailto links your client will launch. (Ypops)

 

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If you are using Firefox, install this add-on : Mailfrom it lets you pick System email client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) Yahoo, AOL, Gmail or Windows Live. You then just right click a link on a web page. The mailto:xxxxxxx.xxxx

Then for a email client on my machine I usePOP Peeper, Consider it a outlook or thunderbird lite, lite, lite. It lets you send, recieve and preview mail. Works good for me.

 

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This might be a better choice than YPOPS. Some users who have tried to install YPOPS could not get it to work. I tried it just to see whether it would work but it did not work for me. Still, it's worth a try. If it works for you, then it is, indeed, a solution to your problem.

 

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The simplest way is if you are a Firefox user, in Firefox > Tools > Opyions > Applications, scroll down to "mailto" then choose Yahoo from the dropdown.



If you use Internet Explorer, it's more complex because of the way XP (and later) were built to use MS email programs. You'll need to download and install the Yahoo Toolbar, make sure you select "Install Yahoo mail plugin" option (if it still exists - I'm using Windows 7).

In Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, select Internet Options. Click Programs tab and select your email client (Yahoo) from the drop-down list. Once selected, click OK/Apply. If you don't see Yahoo listed, from Windows Explorer, > Tools > Options > File types and search for "mail" and "mapi", set all of these to be handled by IE.

Click myaddress@yahoo.com to test. If it still doesn't open IE and go to Yahoo mail's new mail page, try the registry patch on the 3rd line of the top answer here.

 

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Same here - good find!

 

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Thanks folks but I really wish there was an easier way to use IE (as everyone has it), I'd appreciate it if someone would try out the IE method, maybe it can be refined, depending on the Windows/IE version.

 

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I remember long ago there was a small exe that let you change the default email system wide to yahoo, live, etc. I lost it in a reformat and couldn't find it again. I wish I could it was handy.

 

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I just tested your method in IE8 in an XP SP3 VM and it worked straight off. Even if I then overrrode it and reset Outlook Express as default, just repeating the steps activated it again.

The OP should be pretty pleased with you I would think

EDIT - now how do I do that for gmail?

 

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Thanks for testing it and confirming :highfive

For Gmail/Hotmail, revisit Post 11, read the last link; there are several modified lines there to use in the Registry patch or via manual Registry editing after running the patch, one of them is for Gmail and another is for Hotmail. I don't know if that will be enough though.

 

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It works if I'm in Chrome in Win 7 but not in IE8. I'll go on poking around.

 

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mmm...I would have liked that to work for gmail but it doesn't seem to work at all in my Win 7, not even for Yahoo. The MAILTO protocol in Default Programs is still pointing at Thunderbird which I no longer use. :cry

 

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Change it to your current default browser and change the mapi too. It'll get it closer ...