<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Jason Heblack <<a href="mailto:jason.heblack@sbcglobal.net">jason.heblack@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Xubuntu-users, Is it possible to set a preferred mail reader? I switched from ubuntu 8.04 LTS to xubuntu 10.04 LTS. If you check out the steps (included below), the way to do it from the graphical interface appears to be broken. Regards, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------------- STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1) Click: Xfce Menu->Settings->Xfce 4 Settings Manager->Preferred Applications 2) Set a custom mail reader to: mail "%s" 3) Then go to a web browser and click an e-mail address. EXPECTED RESULTS: The program specified in Step #2 would be invoked. ACTUAL RESULTS: A different mail reader is started rather than what is specified in Step #2. </blockquote></div> If you use Firefox it might be the case that you need to set it there yourself through Edit->Preferences, Applications tab (set the association for "mailto"). Though there's. IIRC, a package that should configure this automatically for you, I believe it's called firefox-gnome-support. Best, -- Vincent