When I click on an Email link while on the Internet I get an Internet Explorer Security screen saying "a website wants to open web content USING this program on your COMPUTER" The program is Microsoft Outlook which I do not have because I use Gmail. I do I bypass Outlook?

ThanksThat website is using a primitive HTML Mailto.

Easiest thing to do would be write down the e-mail address and compose a new e-mail through Gmail and contact them that way. Or highlight their e-mail address and copy/paste the e-mail address into Gmail under composing a new e-mail to them.

The proper modern way to receive contact from customers etc VIA a webpage these days is by using PHP, or Perl etc server side and the mailto happens at the webserver side to the recipient of the web pages e-mail box through form data. Anyone wishing to make contact with the owner of the website would only need a browser to do so by entering information into a HTML Form and clicking submit. The owner of the website should really modernize if its a business website.

There is a configuration option under Internet Explorer to specify the handling program for e-mail under TOOLS -> Internet Options -> Programs , where you can alter this setting. But I wouldnt adjust this unless you really need to.Most modern browsers (such as Firefox) allow you to CHOOSE to open up a specific program or a specific website to handle MAILTO links.

Here are instructions on how to do that: http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2009/06/set-gmail-as-default-email-client-in.htmlQuote from: maurodiroma on March 27, 2013, 06:03:50 PM

When I click on an Email link while on the Internet I get an Internet Explorer Security screen saying "a website wants to open web content using this program on your computer" The program is Microsoft Outlook which I do not have because I use Gmail. I do I bypass Outlook?