gmail is not in the drop down for the default email system

8 Dec 2008 12:42 AM

peggy j

i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
could get hotmail in the drop down:

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >> Type in Start, Run:
> >> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"

and it worked.
is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

8 Dec 2008 9:29 PM

PassPlay

You can try this third party add on:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=586938
but why not just utilze pop and import gmail into outlook.

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"peggy j" wrote:

> i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
> could get hotmail in the drop down:
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> > >> Type in Start, Run:
> > >> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
> and it worked.
> is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

9 Dec 2008 3:17 PM

peggy j

because i do not use outlook, nor do i want to...my chosen mail system is
gmail...and all i want is to be able to have my platform drop me at the gmail
logon screen when i am on a site that allows me to contact them. it worked
for compuserve and they have a fix for hotmail so i am not asking for so
much, i think...

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"PassPlay" wrote:

> You can try this third party add on:
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=586938
> but why not just utilze pop and import gmail into outlook.
>
> "peggy j" wrote:
>
> > i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
> > could get hotmail in the drop down:
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> > > >> Type in Start, Run:
> > > >> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
> > and it worked.
> > is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

9 Dec 2008 3:49 PM

Leonard Grey

Well, consider this: Outlook, for example, is a program you install on
your computer, while Gmail is a website. That's a difference that may
not seem important to you but it actually is significant. Another thing
to consider is that Internet Explorer and Gmail are owned by two
completely separate organizations.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

peggy j wrote:
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> because i do not use outlook, nor do i want to...my chosen mail system is
> gmail...and all i want is to be able to have my platform drop me at the gmail
> logon screen when i am on a site that allows me to contact them. it worked
> for compuserve and they have a fix for hotmail so i am not asking for so
> much, i think...
>
> "PassPlay" wrote:
>
>> You can try this third party add on:
>> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=586938
>> but why not just utilze pop and import gmail into outlook.
>>
>> "peggy j" wrote:
>>
>>> i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
>>> could get hotmail in the drop down:
>>> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>>>>>> Type in Start, Run:
>>>>>> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
>>> and it worked.
>>> is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

9 Dec 2008 5:20 PM

peggy j

ok..is hotmail a program like outlook or a website like gmail?

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"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Well, consider this: Outlook, for example, is a program you install on
> your computer, while Gmail is a website. That's a difference that may
> not seem important to you but it actually is significant. Another thing
> to consider is that Internet Explorer and Gmail are owned by two
> completely separate organizations.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> peggy j wrote:
> > because i do not use outlook, nor do i want to...my chosen mail system is
> > gmail...and all i want is to be able to have my platform drop me at the gmail
> > logon screen when i am on a site that allows me to contact them. it worked
> > for compuserve and they have a fix for hotmail so i am not asking for so
> > much, i think...
> >
> > "PassPlay" wrote:
> >
> >> You can try this third party add on:
> >> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=586938
> >> but why not just utilze pop and import gmail into outlook.
> >>
> >> "peggy j" wrote:
> >>
> >>> i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
> >>> could get hotmail in the drop down:
> >>> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >>>>>> Type in Start, Run:
> >>>>>> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
> >>> and it worked.
> >>> is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???
>

9 Dec 2008 5:28 PM

Leonard Grey

Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly
referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free webmail service of the Windows
Live brand (i.e., a website) provided by Microsoft, the same company
that created Internet Explorer.

Gmail was created by Google, a completely separate company unrelated to
Microsoft.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

peggy j wrote:
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> ok..is hotmail a program like outlook or a website like gmail?
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> Well, consider this: Outlook, for example, is a program you install on
>> your computer, while Gmail is a website. That's a difference that may
>> not seem important to you but it actually is significant. Another thing
>> to consider is that Internet Explorer and Gmail are owned by two
>> completely separate organizations.
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> peggy j wrote:
>>> because i do not use outlook, nor do i want to...my chosen mail system is
>>> gmail...and all i want is to be able to have my platform drop me at the gmail
>>> logon screen when i am on a site that allows me to contact them. it worked
>>> for compuserve and they have a fix for hotmail so i am not asking for so
>>> much, i think...
>>>
>>> "PassPlay" wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can try this third party add on:
>>>> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=586938
>>>> but why not just utilze pop and import gmail into outlook.
>>>>
>>>> "peggy j" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
>>>>> could get hotmail in the drop down:
>>>>> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>>>>>>>> Type in Start, Run:
>>>>>>>> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
>>>>> and it worked.
>>>>> is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

9 Dec 2008 9:06 PM

Ken Blake, MVP

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:17:26 -0800, peggy j
<peg***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> because i do not use outlook, nor do i want to...my chosen mail system is
> gmail...

Bear in mind that you can use gmail, but still use Outlook, Outlook
Express, or any other E-mail client with it. Using gmail via its web
site is not necessary, and in my view is a far clumsier, slower way to
read and send E-mail. There are instructions for how to set up gmail
with your chosen E-mail client on the web site.

I think that having web access to your E-mail is good and lets you get
your mail when you are traveling and need to use a public computer,
but it's the worst way to do it at home on your own computer.
Fortunately gmail lets you do both.

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> and all i want is to be able to have my platform drop me at the gmail
> logon screen when i am on a site that allows me to contact them. it worked
> for compuserve and they have a fix for hotmail so i am not asking for so
> much, i think...
>
> "PassPlay" wrote:
>
> > You can try this third party add on:
> > http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=586938
> > but why not just utilze pop and import gmail into outlook.
> >
> > "peggy j" wrote:
> >
> > > i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked if they
> > > could get hotmail in the drop down:
> > > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> > > > >> Type in Start, Run:
> > > > >> regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
> > > and it worked.
> > > is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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9 Dec 2008 5:58 PM

Shenan Stanley

peggy j wrote:

> i am on IE7/xp and this was the response from MS when someone asked
> if they could get hotmail in the drop down:
>
> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> > Type in Start, Run:
> > regsvr32 "%Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\HMMAPI.DLL"
>
> and it worked.
> is there a similar solution for gmail?? like GMMAPI.DLL???

Still trying to keep from using a true email client, eh?
(Posting multiple times in the same newsgroups...)

Well - ironically - if you had used the built-in help system for your email
server of choice (or the search engine that is the base of the business
running your email-of-choice server) - you might have found this:

About the Gmail Notifier
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=9429
(States, "Once you install the Notifier, you'll be able to Make Gmail your
default email application.")

And further, this:

Making Gmail your default mail application
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10966

Using Firefox 3.x.x?
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/power-tip-set-gmail-as-your-default.html

Using a search engine (GMail's namesake in fact - Google), you might have
stumbled on this:
http://lifehacker.com/397957/gattach-fully-integrates-gmail-into-the-windows-desktop
(Specifically: http://www.gattach.net/index.html )

In other words - as I see it - utilizing the tools available to you per your
choice of email server, you should have been able to find all of the above.
;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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