Vista - WM to just send mail, not recieve it!

Everytime I see a link to send someone an email, it wants me to open a
windows mail account. So I did, and now all of my yahoo mail is going into
windows mail. I just want to be able to send mail, with out having to copy
and paste the link/email then go over to yahoo and compose.... Now all my
yahoo mail is gone from yahoo and its in windows mail!!!! how can I undo
this???

You would have been better off not using Windows Mail, and just
making Yahoo Mail your default email:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mai...ttings-10.html

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"smjaczko" <smjaczko@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6D2DDCD3-B246-4245-8C84-CD0A8DBA7D57@xxxxxx

It doesnt have the option for Yahoo Mail, it only shows WM or Outlook

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Did you read the directions on that Yahoo page I gave you? It clearly
states that if Yahoo Mail is not shown as an option, you will need to
install Yahoo Messenger.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"smjaczko" <smjaczko@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1FDD4D52-09E5-49CE-83E2-1A9AE1310458@xxxxxx

I have a paid account with Yahoo, and want to use thier premium features.
They just dont have a way to click a link to contact someone. It seems too
much of a hassle to configure it to only use it for the occaisional mailto:
link then have to delete all the mail that will accumulate in the WM mailbox
as I have enabled copy on the server....

Sounds like you don't really want to use Windows Mail.
If you prefer Yahoo Mail, why not configure it to handle the MailTo also?
See http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mai...ttings-10.html

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"smjaczko" <smjaczko@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:64F74AF1-3852-4775-9EE5-32722D26DFCA@xxxxxx

Yahoo, said they dont have that feature, and Ive tried the instructions on
the link, there is no option for yahoo mail. Maybe its a Vista thing....???

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Unfortunately the reps answering calls at Yahoo know next to nothing.
Yahoo's written instructions are better.
If you read those instructions, it clearly states that if you don't see
"Yahoo Mail", then you will need to install Yahoo Messenger.
Yahoo Messenger will add the Yahoo Mail entry to the Default Programs list.
You don't actually have to use Yahoo Messenger.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"smjaczko" <smjaczko@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2985F40A-FA5E-40C3-A38E-79FD12C3F6C2@xxxxxx

HUH, I already have and use YIM!

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

I also use paid yahoo features, Yahoo Mail Plus. However, I prefer to download my mail from yahoo into Thunderbird. This allows me to check my mail using the yahoo website while away, but still save them to my local computer when I get back to my desk. I know this is not what you want to do. I do however, have YIM installed on 2 separate PCs, one with XP Pro 32, and one with Vista Biz 64. I can verify that on both PCs, with YIM 9.0 beta installed, that there is no option to change the system default mail handler to Yahoo. Since I don't plan on reverting back to YIM 8.1, I can't really say how that operates to date on either OS, but I have seen it working normally as you requested, but only using XP and YIM 8, 8.1, or below.