Many of the high school staff at our district have switched from using the Mac Mail.app program on their computers to using their web browsers to access their district email. In fact, the BASD ISD Department is urging all staff to move to this way of accessing their school email.
However, I ran into a couple of teachers this morning that said it was really inconvenient when they click on an email address to email someone and it opens up the Mac Mail program instead (when they are using Google Mail in the browser). Does that sound familiar?
Here is how to change it so that your email opens up in the browser instead!
1) Open up the Mail.app program on your computer.
2) Click on the Mail Menu > Preferences. You should go right to the General tab in Preferences.
3) Where it says, Default Email Reader, it probably shows Mail. See below.
4) Click on the drop down and select Google Chrome in the drop down (or Firefox, although Chrome is recommended) to be the new Default Email Reader.
5) NOTE: if Google Chrome does not appear as a choice, click on the Select... choice at the bottom and search for Google Chrome in the next window. Then click on the Select button.
6) Now, Google Chrome (or Firefox) should appear as the Default email reader.
7) Quit the Mail.app program. When you click on a link like this: ezundel@basdschools.org, it should open up your Google Mail in the browser you chose.
Hope this helps!
