Dear David and friends: Here is what I did:
I deleted my /home/sher/.kde directory in its entirety. Actually, I just renamed it. Logged out. Logged back in. The raw, unconfigured, original KDE with the Wizard greeted me. I then tested Konqueror: BLANK. It took it over a minute or maybe two to do anything (www.nytimes.com), then it finally brought up the dreaded URL download box. I waited another full minute. Nothing. I then tested Mozilla. Brought up the same page instantly. So, I'd gather it has something to do with Konqueror. That's all I know. But there is more. After renaming my ~/.kde folder back, I was relieved to see my carefully configured KDE back. Now, here is the funny part. A few days ago, when I realized that Konqueror had failed, I switched to Epiphany in Component Chooser and in File Associations (html). I was able to launch all of my URL's in Kmail instantly and correctly with Epiphany. Earlier this morning, I decided to experiment again with Konqueror. Again, it failed. So, I decided to once again reset Epiphany as my browser in both Component Chooser and File Associations. Now, believe it or not, when I click on a URL in Kmail, it starts launching EPIPHANY, but then instead launches Konqueror. That is, after waiting for an eternity, I finally see the browser, but it's NOT Epiphany (as it should be according to my settings) but Konqueror, which just repeats the same fiasco again. And I might add that, to make sure, I not only logged out and logged back in after resetting the browser to Epiphany but rebooted. So, we really have a problem here. Hope you can help. I really like Kmail. I have tried Evolution (by backup) and I have tried Thunderbird. But I have always preferred Kmail. But I can't use it without a URL launch. Thank you all. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
