When Remind-Me sends e-mail using your default email client, it uses the "Simple MAPI" interface.  Most common e-mail programs support Simple MAPI. Here are some instructions for properly configuring some of the more common e-mail clients. Note, this list is not all-inclusive, it only covers some e-mail clients. Any e-mail client that supports Simple MAPI should work.

America Online:
You must be using AOL 7.0 or later.  Earlier versions did not support Simple MAPI.

Outlook or Outlook Express:
Configure these e-mail clients from within the Control Panel in Windows:

1. From the "Start" menu on your desktop, open up the "Control Panel".  Select "Internet Options" and then the "Programs" tab
2. Under the "E-mail" option choose your desired default e-mail client
3. Click OK

Netscape Messenger:

1. From within Messenger choose the "Edit / Preferences..." menu item
2. Under the "Mail & Newsgroups" category, turn on the option:  "Use Netscape Mail as the default mail application"

Eudora:

1. From within Eudora choose the "Tools / Options..." menu item
2. Choose the MAPI category and set Use Eudora MAPI Server to "Always"
3. After this, check to make sure that Eudora is assigned as the default e-mail program in Control Panel, as described in the Outlook section above.

Comments for America Online and Netscape Users:
Some versions of AOL/Netscape do not interpret the MAPI address field correctly. When this happens you will see a "SMTP:" at the beginning of the e-mail address. To fix this you can turn on the option "My MAPI Client is Netscape or AOL" in the E-Mail Configuration dialog. This will change the way Remind-Me sends the address field, so the "SMTP:" will not be in the e-mail address.

See Also

Sending E-Mail