Thunderbird on Ubuntu

[CB]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 05:06 +0700, maikhai wrote:
> Hi All!
> 
> I installed Ubuntu [Linux version 2.6.8.1-4-386 (buildd at mcmurdo) (gcc
> version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-9ubuntu5)) #1 Sat Jan 8 19:14:01 UTC
> 2005] then I untar thunderbird-1.0.tar.gz to /home/abc/ then run
> $ /home/abc/thunderbird/thunderbid
> All is OK but :
> Evolution Mail, not thunderbird, allways display as defaults mail!
> 
> Pls show me howto fix this? I'm newb!
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> m k h _ s g n
> 

Firstly, as another poster has suggested, you would be best off
installing an ubuntu build of thunderbird.

If after you've done that, Evolution is still your default mail app, 
just go to Computer->Desktop Preferences -> Preferred Applications.
Choose the 'Mail Reader' tab, and select thunderbird from the 'Select a
mail reader' dropdown. If thunderbird doesn't appear there, instead pick
'Custom mail read' and type 'mozilla-thunderbird %s' in the text box.