Email Shortcut

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Email Shortcut

Fri Nov 17, 2000  3:02 pm

Here´s how to create a desktop email shortcut that when clicked  will open
up a blank message form without
opening up your entire email program.
Right-click any blank area of the desktop, and choose New - Shortcut.
Type "mailto:"; (wihout the quotation marks) for the command line.
Click Next, type any name you want  for the shortcut, and then click Finish.
Now whenever you want to write an email, just click the shortcut icon
and a blank email form will open up for you ready to use.

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Update Notes
This works on all versions of Windows from 95 to XP
This also works with Outlook not just Outlook Express

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Related:

Newsreader shortcut

Sun Feb 25, 2001  9:22 am

Using the "outnews" switch with Outlook Express's msimn.exe, you can
create a shortcut that takes you directly to the OE Newsreader.
(handy if you use newsgroups a lot).  Assuming msimn.exe is located in
c:\program files\Outlook Express,
you would enter the following line as the command for your shortcut:

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

Note: the quotation marks are essential.

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