Calling kontact/kmail when I click on a Firefox mailto link...

[Clay Weber]

On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:41:36 pm Clay Weber wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 10:18:05 pm Brian Lunergan wrote:
> > On August 10, 2010 19:40:55 Jerry Lapham wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 07:13:04 pm you wrote:
> > > > Anybody run into this before now? Any ideas would be much appreciated
> > > > so that kmail opens automatically when I click a mailto link.
> > > 
> > > Go to Edit ->Preferences->Applications and scroll down to mailto.  If
> > > Use KDE or kmail isn't an option and there is a place to type one in,
> > > just type in kmail.
> > 
> > Jerry:
> > 
> > Interesting thought, but I already tried that route and hit the roadblock
> > previously mentioned. Beside the mailto to entry is a list box offering:
> > 
> > * always ask
> > * use evolution
> > * use gmail
> > * use yahoo
> > * use other...
> > 
> > Picking the use other option opens up a box titled Select Helper
> > Application and that's where I get stuck. No apparent search feature, and
> > I have no clue what to look for in the way of a location or file name to
> > hook up with kmail.
> > 
> > Sooo... The input is appreciated, but I'm afraid we're still stuck on
> > square one.
> > 
> > TTYL...
> 
> Use the file picker to  browse to '/usr/bin/kmail' - start by clicking on
> 'File System' button
> 
> 
> clay

Oops! Select 'Other' first to get to the file picker

clay