Typing a reply in an email, can it be automatically be converted to a working link for the receiver?

[kevin]

On Saturday 08 November 2008 10:07:24 Billie Walsh wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > Art Alexion wrote:
> >> On Friday 07 November 2008 4:16:43 pm Steven Vollom wrote:
> >>> Years ago I used XP and Outlook.  When I sent or received an email, any
> >>> web address or email address that was included in the body of the email
> >>> was automatically hot.  When you clicked on it, you immediately were
> >>> sent to that address.  Can that be done in Kubuntu 8.10 KDE3.5.10
> >>> Thunderbird?
> >>
> >> That is handled by the recipient's mail reader, unless you are sending
> >> html mail and configure a link in the mail you compose.
> >
> > Hi again Alex,
> >
> > I am one of those recipients.  I just received an email from my daughter
> > and wanted to click on the link that she supplied and had to cut and
> > paste it into the address bar to get to that site.  I much rather would
> > have liked just clicking on the link she provided and be forwarded to
> > that location.  That is how it worked using Outlook.  There isn't much I
> > prefer in Microsoft products, but that was one of them.
> >
> > Cordially friend,
> > Steven
>
> In Thunderbird:
>
> Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Config Editor
>
> Right click > New> String
>
> add:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.http
>
> firefox
>
> Right click > New > String
>
> add:
>
> network,protocol-handler.app.https
>
> firefox
>
> Right click > New > string
>
> add:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.ftp
>
> firefox
>
> --
> Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

using Kmail, I don't face such a problem of doing settings manually. It simply 
opens the websites if clicked on a url (opens in Konqueror of course). Is 
thunderbird any different?
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