I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail?

haskellbob · 07-31-2009, 05:14 PM

Hello.

I can't handle Outlook. I just can't get my mind around it. It is the default e-mail service when I click on somebody's email address on a website, but half the time the messages don't seem to get sent. They always get stuck in my Outbox, and when I click on them they have the caption "This message has not been sent".

OK... So... How can I send them? WHY aren't they getting sent?
For clarification, lately these are mostly Craig's list addresses. When I click them, the addresses go into the address box with single quotation marks around them, which I don't understand at all...

I would really prefer to be routed directly to my Gmail account when I click on people's e-mail addresses, on websites. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks,

Bob H.

**ahmorrow** · 08-01-2009, 06:36 PM

There is a way! Use Google's Gmail notifier, you can make Gmail your default mail client, which means it will open a Compose window when you click on a web page email link.

Download and install the free Gmail notifier. In Windows, right-click the Notifier icon in your system tray, and select "Options." Then check the box next to "Use Gmail for internet mailto: links" and click "OK."

Let me know how it works, I'm using Ubuntu, so I could be a bit rusty :-P

haskellbob · 08-02-2009, 05:43 PM

Hey! Thank you so much! What a relief; it's so much easier this way. I didn't know about that software before, but I've installed it now and it works just fine.

Bob H.

**ahmorrow** · 08-03-2009, 06:42 PM

Lol, anytime. I used google and copy/paste. Love it.

haskellbob · 08-06-2009, 04:50 PM

Outlook is evil. It took over again. I reinstalled the G-mail notifier and am again in control. But Outlook started acting like I'd authorized it to be my outgoing mail service, which I never did. I have to watch Outlook like a hawk. Seriously, that software is evil.

**ahmorrow** · 08-06-2009, 07:54 PM

Uninstall it. That should stop it from being evil. Software is like a puppy. Give it a chance sure, but when it gets older and starts biting it's master. You have to put it down.

haskellbob · 08-11-2009, 07:23 AM

Yeah. I had to put her down. R.I.P., Outlook.

I just can't handle software that's too aggressive...

Thanks for your help.

Bob

**ahmorrow** · 08-11-2009, 02:13 PM

Anytime Bob, if you could go up to the top of your original post and hit Thread Tools-->Mark This (somthing) as Solved it'd be a great help to the forums and those that search it.

07-31-2009, 05:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Hello. I can't handle Outlook. I just can't get my mind around it. It is the default e-mail service when I click on somebody's email address on a website, but half the time the messages don't seem to get sent. They always get stuck in my Outbox, and when I click on them they have the caption "This message has not been sent". OK... So... How can I send them? WHY aren't they getting sent? For clarification, lately these are mostly Craig's list addresses. When I click them, the addresses go into the address box with single quotation marks around them, which I don't understand at all... I would really prefer to be routed directly to my Gmail account when I click on people's e-mail addresses, on websites. Is there a way to do that? Thanks, Bob H.

08-01-2009, 06:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 861 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? There is a way! Use Google's Gmail notifier, you can make Gmail your default mail client, which means it will open a Compose window when you click on a web page email link. Download and install the free Gmail notifier. In Windows, right-click the Notifier icon in your system tray, and select "Options." Then check the box next to "Use Gmail for internet mailto: links" and click "OK." Let me know how it works, I'm using Ubuntu, so I could be a bit rusty :-P __________________ If you have any questions about any of my posts, please contact me. I'd be glad to help/elaborate. Sick of M$ Windows? Try Linux!

08-02-2009, 05:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Hey! Thank you so much! What a relief; it's so much easier this way. I didn't know about that software before, but I've installed it now and it works just fine. Bob H.

08-03-2009, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 861 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Lol, anytime. I used google and copy/paste. Love it. __________________ If you have any questions about any of my posts, please contact me. I'd be glad to help/elaborate. Sick of M$ Windows? Try Linux!

08-06-2009, 04:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Outlook is evil. It took over again. I reinstalled the G-mail notifier and am again in control. But Outlook started acting like I'd authorized it to be my outgoing mail service, which I never did. I have to watch Outlook like a hawk. Seriously, that software is evil.

08-06-2009, 07:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 861 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Uninstall it. That should stop it from being evil. Software is like a puppy. Give it a chance sure, but when it gets older and starts biting it's master. You have to put it down. __________________ If you have any questions about any of my posts, please contact me. I'd be glad to help/elaborate. Sick of M$ Windows? Try Linux!

08-11-2009, 07:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Yeah. I had to put her down. R.I.P., Outlook. I just can't handle software that's too aggressive... Thanks for your help. Bob

08-11-2009, 02:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 861 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: I find Outlook maddening - can I just assign my Gmail account as default e-mail? Anytime Bob, if you could go up to the top of your original post and hit Thread Tools-->Mark This (somthing) as Solved it'd be a great help to the forums and those that search it. __________________ If you have any questions about any of my posts, please contact me. I'd be glad to help/elaborate. Sick of M$ Windows? Try Linux!