GNOME default mail client

geniarse · 03-30-2004, 12:34 PM

How do I set the default mail client used by GNOME, I am using acme for my multimedia keys and when I press the e-mail button evolution tries to launch (i do not have it installed) but I want to use mozilla mail, where is this setting. I'm running sues8.2 with Gnome2.2

Andrew Benton · 03-30-2004, 04:10 PM

If you go to the start menu> Applications> Desktop Preferences> Advanced> File types and programs, click on it and then scroll down and click on internet services, then click Add Service, call it E-mail (or whatever), for Protocol: enter mailto and for Program: enter the command that opens a Mozilla mail compose window followed by a space and %s

Edit - is the command
mozilla-mail -compose %s
I use Firefox and Thunderbird so for me the command is
thunderbird -compose %s

LinFreak! · 04-09-2004, 12:04 PM

nonono... go to:

Applications->Desktop preferences->Advanced->Prefered Applications

and do it there.

Andrew Benton · 04-09-2004, 03:23 PM

Yes indeed, it's changed between Gnome 2.4 and 2.6. You now get the option to change the setting on the Preferred Applications tab as LinFreak! says.