Error sending a test e-mail regarding no default mail client

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15th November 2019

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When seding a test e-mail, you may get the error message: Microsoft Office Outlook: either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.

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microsoft office outlook | Error sending a test e-mail regarding no default mail client — Microsoft Office Outlook: either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client.

This means that Outlook is not your default for e-mail.

Firstly, check that Outlook is your default e-mail programme;

Click start on windows
Start typing ‘Default programme’
The option should appear (and may show as Default app settings (Windows 10))
Under e-mail, Click the default, and choose outlook as your default
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