Hi Joan, Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, I did that but it wouldn't bring up my email box. I just went to my email box then and typed in the URL which then worked. I trhink I have messed up my browser or something as I haven't had the problem before. Earlier I downloaded Word 10 and I think I may have done something with Outlook Express on that programme. I have now uninstalled it but still not working. Also, I no longer have the list of recent web pages I have used. I do appreciate your reply. Best Wishes Carol On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Carol- > > I'm assuming you went here: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/SENIOR-NEWBIE.h > tml > > ...And then clicked the link to subscribe to SENIOR-NEWBIE-L? I did that > just to see whether anything was wrong with the link and it worked fine for > me. It popped up my email form so that I could subscribe. > > The message you received would indicate that for some reason the link > couldn't be associated with your email program and couldn't bring up a box > automatically. > > I don't know enough about gmail to help you resolve the problem but I'm > just trying to clarify that these are the steps you were following to > subscribe. > > Thanks! > > Joan > > > In a message dated 9/29/2010 9:31:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hello, > > I have just joined the List and am already having to ask for help. > When I went to Rootsweb to find this List I clicked on the adress to join > (as I have always done on Rootsweb Lists) and instead of the email form > appearing I got a message box saying "Could not perform this operation > because the default mail client is not properly installed". > This has not happened previously so I must have pressed a button on the > computer by mistake. Does anyone know how I get back to the default mail > please. > > Many thanks > > Carol > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >