Changing default email client system wide in kde

[Roderick Johnstone]

On 03/12/09 14:32, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Roderick Johnstone wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I'd like to change the default email client in kde from kmail to
>> thunderbird.
>>
>> I can change it for my pown account by using system settings / Default
>> applications, and it seems to add a file emaildefaults in my .kde tree,
>> but I'd like to be able to change it system-wide for all my users.
>>
>> Copying that emaildefaults to /usr/share/config doesnt seem to work.
>
> This worked for me, to change systemwide default to, say, thunderbird,
>
> edit /usr/share/config/emaildefaults to contain:
> [Defaults]
> Profile=Default
>
> [PROFILE_Default]
> EmailClient[$e]=thunderbird
>
> Keep in mind, any ~/.kde/share/config/emaildefaults present, will
> override /usr/share/config/emaildefaults
>
> -- Rex

Thanks Rex. It turned out I had a permissions problem on the 
emaildefaults file. Thanks for confirming that it worked for you.

Roderick