Thunderbird preferences

[frank mccormick]

Jaime Davila wrote:
> 
> 
> frank mccormick wrote:
> 
>>> Did it fail to open firefox when clicking on the same link that 
>>> worked properly when firefox was open? I just ask in case there's 
>>> something strange with the url link.
>>>
>>>
>>    Yes, the same linked worked when FF was open, and didn't when it 
>> wasn't.  It seems the last time I used T'bird ( a few years ago) I had 
>> to resort to the script.
>>
>>
> 
> I'm not sure what to say about that. It does open firefox for me, if 
> it's closed. The only thing I can think is for you to start thunderbird 
> from a terminal, to see if any error messages are displayed there when 
> the link fails to open.
> 
> Sorry!
> 

   Did a web search and found some good references to the problem - and 
solved it by starting FF, going to preferences, general and setting FF 
to be the default browser. T'bird now starts it properly.
   However I think this is excessively complicated. If the user_pref's 
are set why does FF need to be the default browser, and if it is then 
why are the user pref's needed ?  Oh well. Works now.


Thanks and Cheers


Frank