Hi. Thanks, this did the trick.
I just hope this all becomes much easier/more obvious before the next stable release :) Thanks Neilen On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 02:37, Gary Hennigan wrote: > Neilen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm running sid. I use galeon as webbrowser, and evolution as a > > mailclient. I'd like galeon to use evolution to handle mailto: URLs. > > If I click on a mailto, it says "Galeon can't handle this protocol, and > > no default gnome handler has been defined", or at least something very > > similar. > > > > This led me to look in the gnome preferences panel for a mailto handler > > setting, but I could'nt find it. > > > > How can I get this to work then? I don't remember this being a problem > > when I used Gnome 1.4 a while ago, but unfortunately I don't have the > > old setup anymore. > > I do something similar, but my MUA is emacs+gnus. Anyway, crank open > Nautilus and go to "applications:///Preferences/Advanced" and click on > the "File types and programs". In there go to "Internet Services" and > "Add Service". Put anything you want in the "Description" and put > "mailto" in the Protocol and then add the path specification to your > MUA (Evolution in your case) under "Program". That should do it. > > Obvious as the nose on a fish ain't it? Problem with Gnome, for me, > has been finding out stuff like this. I certainly couldn't find it in > any Gnome help document, at least when I last looked. Had to do what > you did and ask around. > > Gary -- Neilen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
