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I recently migrated from Entourage to Mail. So far, all is good—except for one frustrating problem:
If I save a Mail message (e.g., by dragging it to the desktop), it saves fine, but not with the Mail "open envelope" icon. Then if I double-click on that icon, it opens with Entourage and not Mail.
Two items FYI:
1. Yes, I have set preferences in Mail so that Mail is my default email reader.
2. This problem occurs on my desktop unit (MacPro) but not on my laptop (MacBookPro).
I know I can drag the message to the Mail icon in my dock, but I often forget that step and double-click the icon. Then Entourage starts up and opens the message. Frustrating.
Any/all help appreciated.

Edward Henninger wrote:
I recently migrated from Entourage to Mail. So far, all is good—except for one frustrating problem:
If I save a Mail message (e.g., by dragging it to the desktop), it saves fine, but not with the Mail "open envelope" icon. Then if I double-click on that icon, it opens with Entourage and not Mail.
You might try rebuilding the "launch services database":
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486

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