On Saturday 05 August 2006 00:51, Jack Gates wrote: > On Friday 04 August 2006 18:24, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Friday 04 August 2006 22:32, Jack Gates wrote: > > > On Friday 04 August 2006 16:16, Daniel Hedlund wrote: > > > > Jack Gates wrote: > > > > > I have not been able to find a way to tell Firefox to use > > > > > KMail when I click on an e-mail address in the browser. If > > > > > it can be done will some one tell me how? I have looked in > > > > > edit > preferences and can't find a setting. I have over > > > > > looked it or it is not there. > > > > > > > > If you're using Gnome as your window manager, > > > > in the gnome menu: "System" -> "Preferences" -> "More > > > > Preferences" -> "Preferred Applications" > > > > > > > > You can change the default mail reader in there.... > > > > > > No, I am using KDE. I haven't been able to find anything in the > > > many places to change settings there either. :( > > > > Hi Jack. I'm using KDE, and this is with FC2. I normally just use > > Konqueror, and Kmail, but a while ago messed about with Firefox, > > and which E-mail client it was using. By default it uses Evolution, > > presumably because Gnome is the default desktop. Go to Main menu > > > Preferences > Preferred Applications. there are 4 tabs in this. the > > mail reader one allows you to select Kmail for instance. > > You lost me with the Main menu. What application? Click on the Redhat icon on the panel (taskbar), then select preferences, then preferred applications. The preferred applications window gives you 4 choices. Webbrowser, Mail Reader, Text Editor, and Terminal. You can just change the Mail Reader to Kmail, and Firefox should now use Kmail rather than than Evolution as default. > > > This appears to be working ok. Firefox > Tools > Read mail, opens > > up Kmail, > > I get no response, no errors Thats weird. You don't get any email client opening? > > > and going to a website and finding an E-mail link opens > > up Kmails composer ok. > > nothing here as well > > > This is the same as Daniel mentioned, but he was working from > > Gnome. > > > > All the best. > > > > Nigel. > > -- > Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net/ Which FC version are you using? Nigel.
