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There must be a reason for it, but I'm damned if I can figure it out...

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Persona non Grata

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Jan 7, 2007, 7:33:16 AM1/7/07
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Could someone please explain to me (if, indeed, it can be explained) why one
has to go through the palaver of setting up one's email account in Mail.app
in order to be able to change the global email preference to the application
of one's choice?

Okay, I can see it from one pov, in that a new user, getting hold of a Mac
for the first time, will set up Mail.app and then change to something else if
their needs change but, as a 'seasoned' user, I resent having to wait 10-15
minutes (and that really is the total amount of time it takes) whilst it
queries my ISP's servers.

I've always felt there should be an (additional) option to do this in the Sys
Prefs somewhere, though I'm damned if I know where, maybe as a separate
section?

Sorry, that's just my little rant for the day...


Sarah

Andy Hewitt

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Jan 7, 2007, 8:00:38 AM1/7/07
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Some other apps, such as Eudora and Thunderbird also have the 'Set as
default" button too.

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Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>

Simon Higgs

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Jan 7, 2007, 8:47:51 AM1/7/07
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Persona non Grata <not...@all.invalid> wrote:


> I've always felt there should be an (additional) option to do this in the Sys
> Prefs somewhere, though I'm damned if I know where, maybe as a separate
> section?
>
> Sorry, that's just my little rant for the day...

There used to be a system pref to do this prior to 10.3

Try this...

<http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/>

Simon.

Bonge Boo

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Jan 7, 2007, 9:26:19 AM1/7/07
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Persona non Grata wrote:
> Could someone please explain to me (if, indeed, it can be explained) why one
> has to go through the palaver of setting up one's email account in Mail.app
> in order to be able to change the global email preference to the application
> of one's choice?

Because Apple like to restrict choice in OS X.

> Okay, I can see it from one pov, in that a new user, getting hold of a Mac
> for the first time, will set up Mail.app and then change to something else if
> their needs change but, as a 'seasoned' user, I resent having to wait 10-15
> minutes (and that really is the total amount of time it takes) whilst it
> queries my ISP's servers.
>
> I've always felt there should be an (additional) option to do this in the Sys
> Prefs somewhere, though I'm damned if I know where, maybe as a separate
> section?

"More Internet"

J. J. Lodder

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Jan 7, 2007, 3:15:29 PM1/7/07
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Persona non Grata <not...@all.invalid> wrote:

> Could someone please explain to me (if, indeed, it can be explained) why one
> has to go through the palaver of setting up one's email account in Mail.app
> in order to be able to change the global email preference to the application
> of one's choice?

What is 'Mail.app'?

Jan

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