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color=#0000ff size=2>And yes I know that you have been able to do this with
windows live hotmail for a long time. : )</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><B><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>Jim Kenzig</FONT></SPAN></B>
<BR><B><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>Network Manager</FONT></SPAN></B>
<BR><B><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>Cuyahoga County Public
Library</FONT></SPAN></B> </P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> oplintech-bounces@oplin.org
[mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>JKENZIG<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> OPLINTECH<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[OPLINTECH] Gattach and Yattach Set Default mail in Windows<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is a solution to the Mail a web page from the
browser(or adobe) problem that libraries may face where Patrons may want to mail
a page they are on to themselves for future reference. Rather then having
to allow them to send mail from your own server you can set the default mail
client in Windows to be Yahoo or Gmail with the below two utilities from Chris
Wood. Then instruct your users to use their gmail or yahoo account (whichever
utility you choose to install) to send mail from. I picked up the
tip on this from a twitter from Paul Thurrot.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The download and information page from Yattach to use
Yahoo as the default mail client is:</FONT> <BR><A
href="http://chris.wood.name/yAttach/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://chris.wood.name/yAttach/</FONT></U></A> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>For Google Gmail it is:</FONT> <BR><A
href="http://chris.wood.name/gAttach/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://chris.wood.name/gAttach/</FONT></U></A> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Yattach and Gattach add-ons allow you to send
email via either Yahoo or Gmail directly from</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Explorer</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Microsoft Office</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adobe Acrobat</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Windows Photo Gallery</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Internet
Explorer </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Firefox and more</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>This allows you to remove any local email programs
like Outlook and Outlook Express to prevent users from saving and receiving
emails directly to your workstations. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Drawback of course is that you have to encourage
patrons to open a Yahoo or Gmail account depending on which plug-in you load,
meaning your library has to commit to one or the other but it will reduce spam
coming into your domain if you do this. I tend to prefer Gmail over Yahoo
because it opens more types of attachments and lets you even view them as a
webpage if you like. I believe that Google has finally removed the requirement
to have a cell phone to sign up for a Gmail account making it that much easier
and having a Google ID allows you access to all of the other Google Apps(writer,
spreadsheet, etc) that your users will benefit from anyways. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim
Kenzig</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Network Manager</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Cuyahoga County Public Library</FONT> </P></BODY></HTML>