Can't email from Firefox

Drax · 05-29-2008, 06:40 PM

Every time I click on a mail link, I get:

lumberjim · 05-29-2008, 07:05 PM

I see the problem. That OK button doesn't work. at all.

Undertoad · 05-29-2008, 07:48 PM

Step 1: get a Gmail account.
Step 1a: use it as your primary email address.
Step 2: get the Google Toolbar.
Step 3: Google Toolbar Settings -> Options -> More -> Send With Gmail

This is the ideal solution especially if you do not use Gmail as your primary email address, because it will correct your problem of not using Gmail as your primary email address.

Undertoad · 05-29-2008, 07:50 PM

Alternate solution: use Firefox 3, which is in beta testing, soon to be released.

It lets you launch gmail for mailto links without any toolbars or add-ons

I have been using Firefox 3 beta 5 and it is awesome.

Drax · 05-31-2008, 02:26 PM

Had one. Deleted it cuz I wasn't using it. I want it back, but it won't let me.

Undertoad · 05-31-2008, 10:48 PM

Well then there's your problem right there. You have to use it.

Drax · 06-01-2008, 07:16 PM

Turns out, I don't.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bo @ the Firefox Support Forums

Hey Datalyss,

Try resetting the Windows default mail client:

1. Open the Windows Control Panel
2. Open the Add or Remove Programs item
3. Click on Set Program Access and Defaults on the left side of the Add/Remove Programs window
4. Expand the Custom category
5. Pick an e-mail program

spudcon · 06-01-2008, 08:51 PM

I've found the best way to use email is to not use Outlook Express. Every time I or several of my friends have used it, viruses and problems start happening. I've also never found it user friendly. I use Juno and Yahoo, along with Firefox, and haven't had any problems.

Drax · 06-01-2008, 08:55 PM

Are you assuming I use OE?

spudcon · 06-02-2008, 11:19 AM

Only assuming that because you're having problems. I'm not really computer literate, just more than most of my friends. Anytime one of them has a problem with email, I find it's usually OE that is at fault. Di'n't mean no offense.

Undertoad · 06-02-2008, 11:57 AM

spud is correct. It doesn't really need to be Outlook Express. Outlook Regular is just as sucky.

Around these parts almost everybody has encountered the dreaded "Unknown Error", which happens when you have an Outlook data file over 2GB.

That's the whole error message: "Unknown Error". It tells you that, for many years, no programmer at Microsoft thought it would be a good idea to test why the program can't open the main file where it keeps every email you send or receive.

"Unknown Error". Fuck them! It's as bad as "PC LOAD LETTER", except that Microsoft had an entire screen for their error message, while HP only had a single line of LED characters. Oh yes and "PC LOAD LETTER" was written in the 80s when major devices didn't necessary have good error messages. The last Outlook with that error message was 2003.

Just use Gmail, and be done with all email woes, including spam.

dar512 · 06-02-2008, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Just use Gmail, and be done with all email woes, including spam.

Couldn't agree more for personal use. Most corporations are still using Outlook, though.

Drax · 06-02-2008, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spudcon

Only assuming that because you're having problems. I'm not really computer literate, just more than most of my friends. Anytime one of them has a problem with email, I find it's usually OE that is at fault. Di'n't mean no offense.

Not taken.

I use Thunderbird.

dar512 · 06-02-2008, 03:08 PM

Did you ever get this working, Drax?

IIRC this is a registry thing in windows. Somewhere in your Thunderbird options there will be an entry like "Make Thunderbird your default mail program". I think if you make sure that is checked and click ok, it should make the appropriate registry entries.

Drax · 06-02-2008, 03:33 PM

See post #7.

05-29-2008, 06:40 PM	#1
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	Can't email from Firefox Every time I click on a mail link, I get: Attached Images

05-29-2008, 07:05 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I see the problem. That OK button doesn't work. at all. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-01-2008, 08:51 PM	#8
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I've found the best way to use email is to not use Outlook Express. Every time I or several of my friends have used it, viruses and problems start happening. I've also never found it user friendly. I use Juno and Yahoo, along with Firefox, and haven't had any problems. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

06-02-2008, 11:19 AM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Only assuming that because you're having problems. I'm not really computer literate, just more than most of my friends. Anytime one of them has a problem with email, I find it's usually OE that is at fault. Di'n't mean no offense. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

06-02-2008, 03:08 PM	#14
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Did you ever get this working, Drax? IIRC this is a registry thing in windows. Somewhere in your Thunderbird options there will be an entry like "Make Thunderbird your default mail program". I think if you make sure that is checked and click ok, it should make the appropriate registry entries. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

05-29-2008, 07:48 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Step 1: get a Gmail account. Step 1a: use it as your primary email address. Step 2: get the Google Toolbar. Step 3: Google Toolbar Settings -> Options -> More -> Send With Gmail This is the ideal solution especially if you do not use Gmail as your primary email address, because it will correct your problem of not using Gmail as your primary email address.

05-29-2008, 07:50 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Alternate solution: use Firefox 3, which is in beta testing, soon to be released. It lets you launch gmail for mailto links without any toolbars or add-ons I have been using Firefox 3 beta 5 and it is awesome.

05-31-2008, 02:26 PM	#5
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	Had one. Deleted it cuz I wasn't using it. I want it back, but it won't let me.

05-31-2008, 10:48 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well then there's your problem right there. You have to use it.

06-01-2008, 08:55 PM	#9
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	Are you assuming I use OE?

06-02-2008, 11:57 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	spud is correct. It doesn't really need to be Outlook Express. Outlook Regular is just as sucky. Around these parts almost everybody has encountered the dreaded "Unknown Error", which happens when you have an Outlook data file over 2GB. That's the whole error message: "Unknown Error". It tells you that, for many years, no programmer at Microsoft thought it would be a good idea to test why the program can't open the main file where it keeps every email you send or receive. "Unknown Error". Fuck them! It's as bad as "PC LOAD LETTER", except that Microsoft had an entire screen for their error message, while HP only had a single line of LED characters. Oh yes and "PC LOAD LETTER" was written in the 80s when major devices didn't necessary have good error messages. The last Outlook with that error message was 2003. Just use Gmail, and be done with all email woes, including spam.

06-02-2008, 03:33 PM	#15
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	See post #7.

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