thunderbird pointers not active
I have lived with this for a while and cannot figure out why thunderbird either has not implemented a facility or it has been deactivated by default.
When I get a URL pointer in an email I cannot click on it and get the default browser up to the location, unlike Kmail which calls a browser. Is this an omission or is there a way to get thunderbird to work on the URL and call a browser? :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: |
In your KDE control centre, go to Components -> File Associations. Look up .html (I think it's under 'text') and in the panel to the right, set your default browser to Firefox (or whatever you use as a browser to differentiate between the 'default browser') and when you next click a link in Tbird, it should open in Firefox etc.
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The problem is that thunderbird is not listed as I did not load it as an .rpm I downloaded it as a .tar.gz file. I call it from an ikon on the desktop.
It is not on the Mandrake application menu from the start bar. Any idea how I can get Mandrake to see it? |
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You're not setting anything to do with Tbird, but rather setting the default browser to whatever you require; so, if you use Firefox as your browser, and Tbird is using Konqueror for .html links, by setting FF as the default, Tbird should open all .html links in Firefox. Quote:
F2 -> type menudrake OR KDE-> System -> Configuration -> Other -> Menudrake |
The point is that under text- html there is no listing for thunderbird only Konqueror, Mozilla and Quanta.
Only kmail calls Konqueror. However, I use Thunderbird for it's spam gobbler. Thunderbird calls nothing that is my problem. Maybe the setting is in Tbird I don't really care which browser it calls as long as it calls a browser. :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: |
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