Thunderbird browser configuration

[Basil Chupin]

On 04/05/10 00:03, O. Sinclair wrote:
> Neil Winchurst wrote:
>    
>> Basil Chupin wrote:
>>      
>>> On 02/05/10 09:21, Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
>>>        
>>>> A while back Thunderbird got stupid and you had to manually add your web
>>>> browser in the configuration. Well that little bug is back, at least on
>>>> mine. Does anyone remember the exact wording to add. As I recall it went
>>>> something like "network.protocol-handler.http" but I know that's not
>>>> exactly right. Somethings missing and I don't remember what it is.
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> These parameters are already set in TB when you install it.
>>>
>>>        
>>      
>>> What you need to do is to make TB, and FF, your default applications to
>>> use for the 'net.
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Not in my copy they weren't. And I already had made TB the default email
>> application. I had to create these parameters from scratch.
>>
>>      
> Unless it has changed these parameters are NOT there by default.
> Possibly in TBird 3 but not in the 2.0 something I use. And setting
> TBird as default in KDE does not have any impact on this, at least not
> in my experience.
>    

The conversation is about the new installation of Lucid 10.04. Lucid 
10.04 has Thunderbird 3.0.4.

With you still running TB version 2.0 then naturally whatever has been 
said so far does not apply to you.

BC


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