If you're using Hotmail as the default mail handler, when you type the mailto:[email protected] to compose message to an email address, the following screen appears with HTTP 404 error:
Server Error in '/' Application.
The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested Url: /secure/start
The address bar shows this entry:
http://www.hotmail.com/secure/start?action=compose&[email protected]
Changing the above to the following line helps:
http://www.hotmail.msn.com/secure/start?action=compose&[email protected]
To make this permanent, try these steps:
Open Regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Hotmail
Create a new REG_SZ value named posturl
Double-click posturl and set its value exactly as given below:
http://www.hotmail.msn.com/secure/start
The mailto: links should work fine now.