Mulberry FAQs

How do I use a mailto: link?

Some web pages include links to people's email addresses. If you are browsing the Web using a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, it is possible to set up Mulberry to open automatically whenever you use such a link. To ensure mailto: links work within Mulberry, follow the instructions given below (note that the page starts with instructions for Mac users - Windows users need to scroll down to the relevant section).

Mulberry v3

Mulberry v3 now includes a capability to make it the default mailto handling application on either Mac OS or Windows. Just answer OK if you receive a prompt when starting Mulberry. If it's not already the default, and you do not receive a prompt on startup, go to the Attachment/Sending preferences panel and turn on 'Check for mailto URL Handling on Startup'. Then restart Mulberry and answer OK when prompted.

Mac OS

Internet Explorer

Follow the Mulberry v3 instructions above. If that does not work, do the following:

1. Open the 'Internet Config' application
2. Click on the 'Helpers' button
3. Check the list to see if there is an existing 'mailto' application listed
   • If there is one, double-click it to edit the existing entry.
     • Click on the 'Choose Helper' button and locate Mulberry.
     • Click 'OK'.
   • If there is no existing 'mailto' entry, click the 'Add' button.
     • Enter 'mailto' in the text field 'Helper For:'.
     • Click on the 'Choose Helper' button and locate Mulberry.
     • Click 'OK'.
4. Close the 'Helpers' window.
5. Quit Internet Config
6. Internet Explorer should now use Mulberry whenever a mailto URL is clicked.

Windows

Internet Explorer

Follow the Mulberry v3 instructions above. If that does not work, do the following:

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Open the 'Options' dialog box.
3. Click the 'Programs' tab.
4. Select 'Mulberry' from the 'Mail' popup.
5. Click OK.
6. Internet Explorer should now use Mulberry whenever a mailto URL is clicked.

Opera

Follow the Mulberry v3 instructions above. If that does not work, do the following:

1. Open Opera's Preferences via its File menu.
2. Switch to the E-mail panel under the Programs and paths section.
3. Click the 'Use default e-mail client on computer' option. That should show Mulberry in the box below it.
4. Click OK to exit the preferences.

If that does not work, try the following:

1. Open Opera's Preferences via its File menu.
2. Switch to the E-mail panel under the Programs and paths section.
3. Click the 'Use specific e-mail client' option.
4. Click 'Choose' and locate your copy of Mulberry on disk.
5. Enter the following AFTER the mulberry.exe pathname added in step 4 (note you need to add the double-quotes around the following text into the field as well):

"mailto:%t?subject=%s&body=%m"

Click OK to exit the preferences.

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How do I look at web pages?

This page describes how you can make Mulberry open your desired web browser when http or https URL links are clicked inside a message.

Mac OS

For any browser

To have http links in Mulberry open your desired web browser when you click on them, do the following (this is for Mac OS 8 and later):

1. Open the 'Internet' Control Panel
2. Click on the 'Advanced' tab. If this not present then you need to change the 'User Mode', via the Edit menu, to 'Advanced'.
3. Click on the 'Helper Apps' icon in the left pane.
4. Look for an entry with a type of 'http'
   • If there is one, double-click it to edit the existing entry.
     • Click on the 'Select' button and locate your desired web browser.
     • Click 'OK'.
   • If there is no existing 'http' entry, click the 'Add' button.
     • Enter 'http' in the text field 'Type'.
     • Click on the 'Select' button and locate your desired web browser.
     • Click 'OK'.
5. You should repeat the last step for the 'https' protocol, replacing 'http' by 'https' wherever it occurs.
6. Close the 'Internet' Control Panel.
7. Mulberry should now use your chosen web browser whenever a mailto http or https link is clicked.

Windows

Internet Explorer

To have http links in Mulberry open the 'Internet Explorer' web browser when you click on them, do the following:

1. Launch 'Internet Explorer'.
2. Go to 'Internet Options' dialog
3. Switch to the 'Programs' tab
4. Turn on the 'Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser' checkbox
5. Exit 'Internet Explorer'
6. Launch 'Internet Explorer' again
7. It should now prompt to make it the default browser - answer yes.
8. Mulberry should now use your chosen web browser whenever a mailto http or https link is clicked.

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