Thunderbird question

[Willy K. Hamra]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> I've been looking at Thunderbird as a possible email client but am perplexed 
> by one thing:
> 
> If there is a URL present in an email, and it's underlined and blue 
> (indicating that T-bird knows its a URL)  clicking on it does not do 
> anything.
> 
> Obviously there must be a setting somewhere telling T-bird what application to 
> use (as in Firefox) but I have looked from one end of T-bird to the other and 
> can't find any such setting.
> 
> Could someone hit me with a clue?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
check system settings-->default applications-->web browser, and make
sure there is a default browser there, like "firefox-3.0 -new-tab"
in most cases, this is a problem with the system default web browser
rather than a problem with thunderbird itself.

-- 
Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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