<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> > ------------------------- > > Subject: Firefox, Thunderbird and %#$@* Evolution From: Robert > <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kerplop@sbcglobal.net"><kerplop@sbcglobal.net></a> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:48:19 -0600 To: For > users of Fedora Core releases <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"><fedora-list@redhat.com></a> > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"><fedora-list@redhat.com></a> > > > FC3, KDE > > I have been attempting to find a way to migrate from Mozilla to > Firefox and Thunderbird. So far, everything has gone pretty well > EXCEPT that when I wanted to email a web page from within Firefox, > that option was not available. The only choice is to "Send Link". > That's acceptable and definitely more friendly for those who are > still using dialup connections but the deal breaker for me is that it > wants to use Evolution and I don't/won't. I have looked in the > prefs.js file, in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:config">about:config</a> and in the handful of options > available under Edit --> preferences and haven't exactly been > inundated with clues. In the Help section, I find this jewel: > > > Send Link... > > Opens an email composition window using your computer's default email > program so you can send a message with a link to the current page. > This feature is currently only available on Windows, Mac OS X and > OS/2. > > > ...which is about as useful as "How may I help you today" on the back > of Walmart employees vests. > > I tried removing evolution from another machine that I don't mind > wrecking and sure enough, evolution didn't try to start. Neither did > any other mail client, as in NOP. > > Any ideas short of doing a fresh install and specifically omitting > evolution? I had a somewhat similar problem. For whatever reason, you need to use GNOME's preferred application chooser. The KDE one doesn't work for me. </body> </html>