Dreamweaver email link help

[skaterboy]

Have created a website with an email link in for someone, it is their email address I have used. BUT when I test it by clicking the email link on the website to send an email, this person hasn't been getting them and I found them all in the out box of Microsoft Outlook (I use windows mail) I have read my hand book and what I have done would seem to be correct but I cannot understand why these emails are all in my outlook box...I'm sure its a simple explantion but my simple head can't get round it...help appreciated

[Lil O'lady]

You need to refer not to dreamweaver but tit the email setup info provided by the webhost. If you look you will find advice for POP3 email or similar, an that tells you how to set up your dedicated to email address to open in outlook. Sounds as if you have accidentally done this for your own outlook rather than your customer's.

[rojash]

When you click an e-mail link on a web site, either the web site itself will use sendmail to send the mail, or it will use your default e-mail client. It would seem that you have set up the site using the default e-mail client, and Outlook is your default client.

You need to change the default e-mail client on your computer to Windows Mail, as that is the client that you actually use. You can do this in Vista as follows:

Click the the stupid nameless button that is called Start under XP
Click Default Programs
Click Set Your Default Programs
Click on Windows Mail
Click Set This Program as the Default

Just to be clear, the fault is not in the web site, but in the configuration of your machine

[skaterboy]

Thanks very much