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webmail and hosting setup configuration help needed

Discussion in 'Web Development Help' started by wildwestdeals, Aug 16, 2010.

  1. wildwestdeals

    wildwestdeals Techie7 New Member

    Hey, this is to anyone who knows ANYTHING about configuring webmail and websites...:clap:

    I have a hosting acct and have webmail setup...yet when I click on
    website's email contact link, I end up with Outlook Express opening.

    I can't for the life of me figure how to configure this...

    All I want is for anyone clicking on my email contact on my website to
    open their software with my 'To' info filled in and they can send their
    mail. And I get it at my webmail mailbox on hosting site.

    I've noticed that on some sites, you can click their email link, for instance
    joe@hisdomain.com and yahoo mail opens with 'To' filled in to his site!
    That's all I want....
    here's an email I sent to my hosting acct and received these instructions back.
    .......................................................
    Please add this code (substituting your own info) to your html page:

    Email: <a href="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">you@yourdomain.com</a>

    Clicking on this will open the visitor's email softare or webmail - it doesn't have anything to do with Outlook, your webmail, etc.
    ........................................................
    And yet when I insert this code, my Outlook Express DOES open...
    How can I get around this and have Yahoo Mail open in my system?

    Does anyone out there have a solution to this?
    I'd sure appreciate a little help here...Thanks

    Nile
     
  2. jgwynne

    jgwynne Techie7 New Member

    That's a bit misleading of the webhosting company!

    the mailto link will open the default mail software on the users computer (outlook express, windows live mail, thunderbird) however yahoo mail (would be http://mail.yahoo.com) and with some clever code tweaks with windows associations (on the users computer) you could make mailto: open a web browser and take you to http://mail.yahoo.com however i don't know anyone who has ever done it though

    hope that helps a little bit

    joe