Firefox, Thunderbird and %#$@* Evolution

[Gustavo Seabra]

robrosenthal1 wrote:

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>> Subject: Firefox, Thunderbird and %#$@* Evolution From: Robert
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>> <kerplop at sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:48:19
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>> users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
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>> FC3, KDE
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>> I have been attempting to find a way to migrate from Mozilla to
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>> Firefox and Thunderbird. So far, everything has gone pretty well
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>> EXCEPT that when I wanted to email a web page from within Firefox,
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>> that option was not available. The only choice is to "Send Link".
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>> That's acceptable and definitely more friendly for those who are
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>> still using dialup connections but the deal breaker for me is that
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>> wants to use Evolution and I don't/won't. I have looked in the
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>> prefs.js file, in about:config and in the handful of options
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>> available under Edit --> preferences and haven't exactly been
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>> inundated with clues. In the Help section, I find this jewel:
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>> Send Link...
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>> Opens an email composition window using your computer's default
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>> program so you can send a message with a link to the current page.
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>> This feature is currently only available on Windows, Mac OS X and
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>> OS/2.
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>> ...which is about as useful as "How may I help you today" on the
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>> I tried removing evolution from another machine that I don't mind
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>> wrecking and sure enough, evolution didn't try to start. Neither
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>> any other mail client, as in NOP.
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>> Any ideas short of doing a fresh install and specifically omitting
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>> evolution?
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> I had a somewhat similar problem.  For whatever reason, you need to 
> use GNOME's preferred application chooser.  The KDE one doesn't work 
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I had a similar problem. It's just plain stupid for Firefox to use only 
gnome defaults. But, anyway, the way I solved it was logging in in 
Gnome, changing the default mail application there to Thunderbird, and 
then going back to KDE, and all works nicely.

I can't wait for KMail to handle IMAP folders/filter better to switch 
completely to konkeror/kmail...

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Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student
Chemistry Department
Kansas State University
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