adding gmail as default email program

[Asgar]

I am now using Gmail and it is not in the pull down as a choice for my default email system. Can anyone tell me how to add it? Thanks

[Tomthegreat]

Incase you are using Internet browsers as your email client, then you cannot assign a browser as a default email client, because it is not an email client, it is an Internet browser.

[Janos™]

You will need to use an actual email client, and then you will be able to select a non email client as your default email client. You can use Outlook Express or Outlook, Thunderbird, etc; all of these are proper email clients and all can be used to IMAP or POP with Gmail. Incase you like getting your email via the web interface then I suggest IMAP on a client. Check the below instructions:

Getting started with IMAP
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...25&topic=12891

Enabling IMAP
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...95&topic=12891

Supported IMAP clients (and their setup instructions)
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...26&topic=12891

[metloans]

I know this thread is from 2008, but I figured since people search and run across this, I don't want them to think the previous answers are true....
You can easily use GMAIL as your windows default mail client....
Just download the gmail notifier and select the option "use gamil for internet mailto: links.

This is the same for yahoo etc.... Yahoo's toolbar has the same feature.!!!

http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-help...r_windows.html

Hope this helps anyone needing it!!!!

And never accept the first answer you find online