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Julian Hall wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: >> Perhaps I should add that at the moment clicking on an attachment or a >> URL in an email has no effect at all. >> >> Neil > Hi Neil, > > What options have you got for forwarding, inline or as attachment, and > how about where you save them? I don't honestly knwo if these are > relevant but they'r the only 'attachment' settings I can think of. Have > you looked in the config editor? > > *Possibly* try this from Mozilla.... > > Removing all the settings for attachment-handling actions > > If Thunderbird doesn't seem to be performing attachment-handling actions > as it should, or if certain options are grayed out (not selectable) when > they shouldn't be, and you can't resolve the issue, it could be due to a > corrupted "mimeTypes.rdf" file. Thunderbird uses this file to store your > file-handling preferences for specified file types. Deleting it > sometimes cures the problem. To do so: > > 1. Exit Thunderbird if it is running. > 2. Recommended: make a temporary backup of your Thunderbird profile (or > at least of the mimeTypes.rdf file). > 3. Delete mimeTypes.rdf from your Thunderbird profile folder. > 4. Restart Thunderbird to see if the problem has been fixed. > > Also just found this online for Thunderbird not opening URLs in > Firefox.. may help.. > > http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15898.html > > I had this problem and to be honest I have no clue how it was resolved.. > possibly a bad install or update.. has it ever worked properly? > > Kind regards, > > Julian > I was using Gutsy until just recently and clicking on a URL in an email opened up Firefox and the correct web page. (I have actually set up Hardy as a dual boot with Gutsy so I can run either. I have just gone in to Gutsy again to test it and it works fine. I just can't remember how I did it.) So to answer your last question, in Gutsy it works just fine. In Hardy (installed about a week ago) it has never worked. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html