Firefox32 and Thunderbird

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 18:30 +0000, Kenneth P. Turvey wrote:
> I'm running Gutsy on an AMD 64.  I use thunderbird as my mailer 
> (evolution doesn't do PGP) and I have a 32 bit version of firefox 
> installed so that I can use it with applets and such.  
> 
> The only problem I'm having with this setup is that firefox refuses to 
> open thunderbird when I click on a mailto link. 
> 
> Does anyone know where to specify this.. or what the problem could be.  
> BTW, I do have thunderbird specified in my preferred applications.  
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com>
> http://www.electricsenator.net

Depends a little on which desktop you are using. In Xubuntu (xfce), go
to Applications -> Settings -> Preferred Applications; change the Mail
Reader to Thunderbird. In Ubuntu (Gnome), it's System -> Preferences ->
Preferred Applications; I don't know Kubuntu, but it should be similar.

Good Luck,

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Charlie Kravetz 
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