How to change the default email application

Article ID: 2025163         Last updated: 7 October 2014

AccountEdge has no settings or links to any email applications on your computer, instead it simply hands over the email information to the operating system, which in turn gives it to the Default Email Reader (application) to send.

Note!  AccountEdge can only send emails via full MAPI compliant email applications, such as Apple Mail and MS Outlook.

Please consult your IT administrator or Apple if you require more information about your default email reader.

Changing the computer's default email reader

1. Start Apple's Mail application (even if this is not going to be the default reader).

2. Go to the Mail menu at the top left of your screen, select Preferences, go to the General tab and set the Default email reader as required:

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