Changing default email client system wide in kde

[Rex Dieter]

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