Gmail Tips and Tricks – Make Gmail your default email handler

What is default email client or email handler?

When you click on any email address, normally Outlook express opens or Outlook opens, you can simply type the content and send it.

Instead of using outlook express or Outlook or Thunderbird you can have Gmail handle all the emails for you.

To do this you need to install Gmail notifier which can be downloaded here

You can read my previous post which talks about Gmail Notifier and its functions

Right click on the trey icon and click options

Gmail Notification Settings

You will get a menu as seen below

Gmail Notification options

Click the check box (Use Gmail for internet Mailto: links) to select Gmail as a default email handler for all your email links.

If you have any question or suggestion please post a comment

Dave :)