Sending mails by right clicking on a file: how to replace Evolution?

Wade Smart wade at wadesmart.com
Wed Aug 23 17:58:55 UTC 2006


08232006 1256 GMT-6

type about: config in firefox address bar.
Scroll down to 
network.protocol-handler.app.mailto

the value needs to be Thunderbird.



On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 19:39 +0200, Stegozor wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> My newsbie questions continue: Imagine an Ubuntu account for which 
> Thunderbird is the default mail/news client. That still doesn't force 
> the use of Thunderbird when one right clicks on a link on his desktop 
> and chooses send to... option. The windows that's opened just after 
> displays only Evolution in the menu.
> 
> Evolution is probably a good piece of software, but as I'm used to 
> Mozilla products since I've been using Windows until recently, I'd like 
> to stick to them. How can I use Thunderbird to send files on the desktop 
> by right clicking on them and then on send to ? TIA.
> 
> PS: Thunderbird _is_ already the default mail/usenet client. In 
> System>Preferences>Preferred applications (or very close, I'm using a 
> desktop in French), I see mozilla-thunderbird %s in the Command field, 
> and Mozilla Thunderbird is set as the default application.
> 
> 
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