Default Mailto program

I'm using Acrobat 9 on a Windows Vista Ultimate system.
Associated with the File toolbar is the envelope icon which allows a PDF to be attached to a new outgoing e-mail (automatically). I would like these e-mail attachments to be sent out through my Gmail account, which is the account that I use most regularly.
Unfortunately, when I click on this icon it brings up Outlook 2007. Outlook 2007 is presently listed as my default "mailto:" application. Attempts to change the default application in this situation -- control panel > default programs > associate a file type or protocol with a program -- have proven to be frustrating/unsuccessful. There are no options for Gmail in this particular area. (The only options are Outlook 2007 or Microsoft Mail.)
Even using the Gmail Notifier application (the latest download) -- which is supposed to solve this problem -- also doesn't work. Acrobat 9 still brings up Outlook 2007 every time.
Any suggestions?

They can only be sent through a MAPI interface to a client running MAPI. That is not the case with GMail, so you are out of luck.

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File, Send link doesn't open a new email. Using Firefox 11.0. Outlook 2010 is the Mailto default and W7 default email program. On the About:config page network.protocol-handler.external.mailto is set to regular font (not bold) "default Boolean true".

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