when i try to forward a newsgroup message, i get a windows message that says
"you don't have a simple MAPI compatible mailer installed. microsoft outlook
express news cannot mail this message without a compatible mailer".
HELP!!!! i did a quick search and found a mapi32.dll in \system32...

"tim harrison" wrote in message
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when i try to forward a newsgroup message, i get a windows message that
says "you don't have a simple MAPI compatible mailer installed. microsoft
outlook express news cannot mail this message without a compatible
mailer". HELP!!!! i did a quick search and found a mapi32.dll in
\system32...


Assuming that you want OE to be your default mail program:
From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm

Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and spaces:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
IE and OE.

If that isn't enough, see this article:
"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

You might also want to try this:

Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm

To set Outlook as the default mail client,- Go to Start, Run - Type in the
following with quotation marks and press OK
"C:\program files\microsoft office\office\outlook.exe" /checkclient
For more information on Outlook see:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/defaultmailer.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

wow! that was quick - thanx! changing settings to make OE the default fixed
everything - i'd just reinstalled msoffice with outlook (by mistake) - so
thanks again!

--

cheers for now

tim

---Why aren't fishmongers generous? Their business makes them selfish.---

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
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"tim harrison" wrote in message
...
when i try to forward a newsgroup message, i get a windows message that
says "you don't have a simple MAPI compatible mailer installed. microsoft
outlook express news cannot mail this message without a compatible
mailer". HELP!!!! i did a quick search and found a mapi32.dll in
\system32...


Assuming that you want OE to be your default mail program:
From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm

Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and
spaces:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
IE and OE.

If that isn't enough, see this article:
"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

You might also want to try this:

Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm

To set Outlook as the default mail client,- Go to Start, Run - Type in the
following with quotation marks and press OK
"C:\program files\microsoft office\office\outlook.exe" /checkclient
For more information on Outlook see:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/defaultmailer.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security"