Yes, if you are using AOL 7.0, AOL 8.0, or AOL 9.0, you can use WinZip's e-mail features, such as
Zip and E-Mail.
Most of WinZip's e-mail features require a "MAPI-compatible" e-mail program. MAPI is a standard interface that allows WinZip and other programs (including Windows itself) to instruct your e-mail program to create a new message, attach a file to it, etc. AOL 7.0, AOL 8.0, and AOL 9.0 are MAPI-compatible, but earlier versions of the AOL software are not. Therefore, WinZip's e-mail features will not work with either AOL 4.0, AOL 5.0, or AOL 6.0.
If you are using AOL 7.0 or AOL 8.0, but WinZip's e-mail features are not working properly, you may need to configure AOL to be the default MAPI client:
- Sign on to AOL.
- Click the Keyword button.
- In the resulting "Keyword" dialog, type the word "Preferences" (without quotes) into the text box, and click the Go button.
- In the resulting "Preferences" dialog, click on the Association link to select "America Online" as your preferred application for web browsing, e-mail and newsgroups.
- In the resulting "Associations Preferences" dialog, click the OK button.
AOL will now be your default program for e-mail, Internet browsing, and accessing newsgroups.
You can set AOL 9.0 as the default e-mail program as follows:
- Sign on to AOL.
- Click the Settings icon on the toolbar.
- Click the AOL as Default link.
- Click the OK button.
AOL will now be your default program for e-mail, Internet browsing, and accessing newsgroups.
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