Evolution (again)

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 16 March 2008, Ric Moore wrote:
>On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 01:14 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Sunday 16 March 2008, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> >On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 23:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >> Greetings all;
>> >>
>> >> How do I go about making FF3b4 use kmail for its default email agent
>> >> when the link clicked on is of the form "mailto: name at FQDN"?
>> >>
>> >> I did have it using kmail (I use only kde), but some update seems to
>> >> have undone me and I can't find any mention of Evolution in the control
>> >> center settings, nor in FF's about:config.  I can't just remove
>> >> evolution as it takes aabout 500 megs worth of other stuff I do use
>> >> with it & that sucks a very high vacuum IMO.
>> >>
>> >> I've been looking for it for about 2 hours now.  Somebody please throw
>> >> me a lifesaver...
>> >
>> >Gnome Control Center->Preferred Applications->Mail Reader. Note that it
>> >has nothing to do with FF as such; it's a desktop setting.
>> >
>> >poc
>>
>> As I said, I'm running kde, and there is no such thing in its control
>> center. In "control center->kde components->Email client" screen, the use
>> kmail button is checked.  For FF3b4, no effect.
>
>Ah! Gene! But there is such a thing, it's just a little obscure. Lemme
>see here, aha! Found it: go into control center to:
>KDE Components --> Components Chooser --> Email Client --> check Use
>different email client --> enter "evolution" (all lower case) in the
>box. Click "apply" in the lower right hand of the page and you're set.
>I also have "mozilla-firefox" enabled in "Web Browser" on the same page
>in Component Chooser.
>
That menu did indeed have the kmail buitton checked.  I changed it to other, 
and then specified other=/usr/bin/kmail.  Even with that, FF3b4 kept assuming 
I wanted the mailto: link to be handled by Evolution. And it was Evolution I 
was trying to get rid of.  I don't need some gnome app walking all over the 
system changing my prefs without bothering to ask me.  I have my email system 
setup and working quite well.  Gnome thinks its running the show here, and to 
get along with me, its going to have to develop some manners, something gnome 
has yet to demonstrate to me.  I give gnome as much respect as it gives me, 
which isn't very much.

-- 
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