Evolution (again)

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun Mar 16 15:48:36 UTC 2008


On Sunday 16 March 2008, Sur wrote:
>* Gene Heskett wrote, On 03/16/2008 07:14 AM:
>> On Sunday 16 March 2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 23:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> Greetings all;
>>>>
>>>> How do I go about making FF3b4 use kmail for its default email agent
>>>> when the link clicked on is of the form "mailto: name at FQDN"?
>>>>
>>>> I did have it using kmail (I use only kde), but some update seems to
>>>> have undone me and I can't find any mention of Evolution in the control
>>>> center settings, nor in FF's about:config.  I can't just remove
>>>> evolution as it takes aabout 500 megs worth of other stuff I do use with
>>>> it & that sucks a very high vacuum IMO.
>>>>
>>>> I've been looking for it for about 2 hours now.  Somebody please throw
>>>> me a lifesaver...
>>>
>>> Gnome Control Center->Preferred Applications->Mail Reader. Note that it
>>> has nothing to do with FF as such; it's a desktop setting.
>>>
>>> poc
>>
>> As I said, I'm running kde, and there is no such thing in its control
>> center. In "control center->kde components->Email client" screen, the use
>> kmail button is checked.  For FF3b4, no effect.
>
>$ sudo yum install gconf-editor
>$ gconf-editor /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command
>
In my case it was in Settings-->Preferred Applications.  One menu item in 2 
screens full.

>> Thanks
>>
>> I've sent feedback to mozilla.



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