On Thursday 05 May 2005 03:19, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Drew wrote: > > Hi All, > > When I open click on a weblink in an e-mail,neither Konqueror > > or Firefox open the link. > > How do I configure Thunderbird to work properly? > > Cheers, > > Drew > > Download 'AboutConfig' for Thunderbird here > https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/showlist.php?application=thund >erbird&category=All > > To do this: > Right click the link, > Save it to somewhere you will remember > Open Thunderbird > Go to Tools > Extensions > Select 'install' from bottom left > Point to the AboutConfig and click 'open' > Click 'install' > Restart Thunderbird > > In Thunderbird go to Tools > AboutConfig > This brings up a new window > Right click anywhere near the lists > A window will come up with 'New' and 'String' > For preference name enter 'network.protocol-handler.app.http' > For string value enter the path/to/Firefox (mine is > /home/rosemary/.mozilla/firefox) > Do the same using 'network.protocol-handler.app.https' > > Restart Thunderbird. > > I have a feeling that when I used these instructions something wasn't > quite right, and Margot came to the rescue, but I haven't been able to > find my other instructions. These instructions came from one of the > mozilla help sites. > > There is also way using System>Configuration>KDE>Components and, I > think, Component Chooser. Again, I've been searching the archive and > can't find the relevant emails. System>Configuration>KDE>Components>file associations expant 'text' and select html. Select 'add' under the 'application preference order' and find your way to Mozilla Firefox. You can change the preference order. HTH. Regards, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE94E2292
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