Use Gmail for all your e-mail links with gAttach

If you're a Windows user you know full well the tight integration among Microsoft products that has made the operating system a little less than friendly when it comes to tying in various Web apps. E-mail in particular is one of those actions that will usually pop up Outlook or Outlook Express, forcing you to either install a third-party mail app like Mozilla's Thunderbird or go in and tweak your registry.

If you're a Gmail user, and looking to get that same level of integration in Office documents and elsewhere on your system check out gAttach (download). This simple program will append all your mail extensions, getting them to open up in Gmail instead.

One thing that's nice is that it'll simply tack onto whatever browser you've got open, or simply open your default one if you don't have it running. It'll also suck in multiple files at a time (up to Gmail's 20MB limit of course).

Yahoo mail users can also take advantage of a sister product called yAttach, which will do the same thing, although you can't have both installed at once.

See also: Set Web e-mail as default Firefox e-mail

[via FreewareGenius via Lifehacker]

Once installed you've got an easy way to tweak your mail settings in Windows to open up in Gmail instead of Outlook or other default programs.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

[ameerkhel]

Nice utility. Ive been using Notifier2 for some time. It allows you to do a mouse click on the tray icon to send an email. No need to login etc. This video will explain it better.

http://www.notifier2.com/help/gmail_send_files_as_email_from_tray.htm