Ray wrote: > A couple problems getting Mozilla 0.9.9 to handle mailto: urls in > Windows 2000. > > After installing Mozilla and checking "Use Mozilla Mail as the default > mail application", Windows would still open "mailto:"; links with > Outlook Express. (bug #1?) > > Going to Control Panel->Settings->Internet Properties->Programs, for > "E-mail" it said "Mozilla 0.9.9 Mail", but > HKCR\mailto\shell\open\command was calling Outlook Express. > So I changed the "E-mail" setting in Internet Properties to "Outlook > Express". > Now, I went back to Mozilla Mail, and checked "Use Mozilla Mail as the > default mail application," hit okay, but when I went back to Internet > Properties, it still said "Outlook Express", and going back to Mozilla > options, it was unchecked. > Checking the setting in Mozilla options, hitting okay, and immediately > opening options again, it would appear unchecked. (bug #2?) > > So I changed the "E-mail" setting in Internet Properties back to > "Mozilla 0.9.9 Mail", and now the option was checked in Mozilla > options, and HKCR\mailto\shell\open\command was calling 'MOZILLA.EXE > "%1"' > However, if I typed "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; in Windows Start->Run, it > would start a (Mozilla) compose window with To:[EMAIL PROTECTED], but it > would also open up a (Mozilla) browser window with > "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; as the url. > Changing HKCR\mailto\shell\open\command to 'MOZILLA.EXE -mail "%1"' > fixed that problem. (bug #3?) > > It appears to be working fine now. Has anyone else had the same > problem? I couldn't find any of those listed in Bugzilla.
Only thing I found I had to do was select it from the drop-down in the Internet Properties control panel, even tho' I'd otherwise selected it as my default e-mail/news programme. No other problems, tho'. (Win 98 SE.) Brian
