Fortunately, telling Mozilla Firefox to use Yahoo! Mail as the default email program can be done without any coding and in a few clicks.
Make Yahoo! Mail the Default Email Program in Mozilla Firefox
- Open Yahoo! Mail in Mozilla Firefox.
- Select Options | Set Y! Mail as default webmail from the navigation bar.
- Now select Options | Preferences… or Firefox | Preferences… from the Mozilla Firefox menu.
- Go to the Applications tab.
- Make sure Use Yahoo! Mail is selected under Action for the mailto Content Type.
- Close the preferences window.
In earlier versions of Mozilla Firefox in particular, you can also turn to the Mailto 2 Webmail script for Greasemonkey to have Yahoo! Mail handle email links.
Under Windows, you may also be able to make Yahoo! Mail your email program for other applications.
