How do I turn off MAIL application as DEFAULT ?

Can anyone suggest how I can TURN OFF the MAIL application from opening as an automatic default whenever I click on "contact us" on a web page, so that MAIL does NOT automatically open ? I prefer nothing to open automatically ! If anything I'd like a dialog box asking me what application I want to use.
WHY ? Because I have great problems with MAIL, after a disastrous failed installation (and removal) of Safari 4 in 2009. Since then Safari works fine but I never use MAIL as when I do it crashes my whole system every time so I ignore it totally. However, when a web site's link "more info" triggers MAIL to open, I am lead down the merry and frustrating (!!!) path of having to recover from a crash. I'd like to avoid this once and for ever. Any ideas ?
THANKS !

Niel, That's exactly what I want to do: change or turn off the default email client so MAIL (apple's mail program) does not open by default. But I can't find a way of doing that, certainly not in "system preferences". I used spotlight to find "RCDefaultApp" and nothing exists by that name, or RC Default et al...

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