cedros Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 I've used G mail for years. More and more often now when I click on an email that is provided in various sites it does not work. Instead Google comes up and it wants you to sign up for Outlook. You can bypass this by cutting and pasting the address to G Mail but it takes some fiddling. Is it a good idea to signup for outlook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757 Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 I have Outlook and Gmail. They are linked so mail appears in one, combined mailbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Microsoft Outlook is a program that resides on the computer. It's from the Microsoft Office software. It is what we call "an email client". When you have an email installed on a PC, anytime you click on an email link on a website, the program will open so you can send a message. When you do not have an email client installed, generally speaking email links on the Web do not work, because they don't understand. Instead, they will try to open a program on your PC that may look like an email client, or offer to install one for you. The only way around it is to simply copy the email link by right-clicking on it, and then using your regular hotmail/gmail/yahoo website to create a new message, while pasting in the address just copied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: Microsoft Outlook is a program that resides on the computer. It's from the Microsoft Office software. It is what we call "an email client". When you have an email installed on a PC, anytime you click on an email link on a website, the program will open so you can send a message. When you do not have an email client installed, generally speaking email links on the Web do not work, because they don't understand. Instead, they will try to open a program on your PC that may look like an email client, or offer to install one for you. The only way around it is to simply copy the email link by right-clicking on it, and then using your regular hotmail/gmail/yahoo website to create a new message, while pasting in the address just copied. Thanks, that is what I do-copy & paste. I thought there might be an easier way. A bit of a pain that you just can't click on the e mail address posted and send a message. 757 how does it work for you with the two linked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 This might help. You can perhaps set up both Chrome and Firefox to use your GMail when you click what is called a "mailto link". Here: https://support.pipedrive.com/hc/en-us/articles/207882889-How-can-I-set-Gmail-as-your-browser-s-default-email-client-#section2 Instruction for four different browsers. Haven't tried them, because I use an email client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks. What ever an email client is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 I reiterate. Read the whole thing, please. "Microsoft Outlook is a program that resides on the computer. It's from the Microsoft Office software. It is what we call "an email client". When you have an email installed on a PC, anytime you click on an email link on a website, the program will open so you can send a message." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Are G Mail and Yahoo email clients? I don't know what they mean by clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Microsoft Outlook is a program that resides on the computer. It's from the Microsoft Office software. It is what we call "an email client". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 The other (like www.gmail.com) are browser based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Okay. Not in a language I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 OK, I'll try..... There are a couple of ways that one can have email. One is to have a program loaded right on your PC. Everything is right there on your PC. That is called 'having an email client' loaded on your PC. One such program in the Windows world is 'Outlook'. Owned by Microsoft. Lots of folks use it. All your email data is stored right on your PC (for what that's worth). Another way to have email is to use a Web-based email program. It is NOT loaded ON your computer but resides out on the world wide web (www.something). Gmail and hotmail and yahoo mail are examples. They are free to use but they do not actually reside ON your computer.... you access them by going to, say, https://www.mail.google.com/mail. In Windows 10, when you click on a site somewhere like you are trying to do, Windows tries to load an email client that resides ON your computer to do the work. But since you do not have a client program installed, it just get stuck there. Bad design maybe but it is what it is. You 'can' set up Outlook on your PC and this should do the trick. But then you will be using, at least in some cases like this, Outlook as your email program and not gmail. You may or may not want this to happen. So unless you can 'link' Outlook and gmail you will have to continue to cut-n-paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 good try. Now how do we explain that GMail is not a program, and that Outlook is not an email (unless your email address is outlook.com)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 21 hours ago, ComputerGuy said: good try. Now how do we explain that GMail is not a program, and that Outlook is not an email (unless your email address is outlook.com)? "I" don't..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 I was not being facetious, RickS. It's a supremely valid point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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