[wplug] Web eMail Link Mozilla

[Andrew Biggadike]

> I have a user I moved to Linux from a windows system. He is our guinea pig
> we are learning a lot on how a "typical" user will find Linux. He is
> mostly
> ok with Open office and Mozilla is working ok once you add all the Flash
> etc... One thing that I have not been able to solve is when you go to a
> website that has a link to email (like mailto:help at acme.org). We setup
> Ximian for email and he has all his Contacts built their but Mozilla mail
> keeps opening when he clicks on a mail link. How do you change Mozilla to
> use Ximian mail as the mail client?

This thread may be helpful:

http://tinyurl.com/pi65

(http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/users/2003-July/010507.html)

I replaced the test at test.com with %a and the "My Subject" with %s and it
seems to work in Firebird with the MozEx extension mentioned, which is
available at:

http://mozex.mozdev.org/

That site claims it works for Mozilla 1.3 and above as well.  Hope that
helps,

Andrew