Setup Firefox so mailto links use Kmail
Suvayu Ali
fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Thu May 7 16:04:47 UTC 2009
Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I did the following to setup firefox mailto links to use kmail but it did not
> work. Thoughts ?
>
> 1) I went to about:config in firefox and ensured that the value
> "network.protocol-handler.external.mailto" is set to true
>
> 2) I did a right click and choose new --> string
> in the popup for the preference name I entered the following:
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
>
> Then in the next popup asking for the string value I entered this:
> kmail
>
> However when I click on a mailto link firefox still wants to bring up
> evolution. I even tried using /usr/bin/kmail as the string value.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
Doesn't going to Preferences>>Applications and searching for mailto give
you the appropriate dialogue to change this option?
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