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4.9 E-mail links doesn't seem to work in Mozilla Firebird?
If you're using Mozilla as your mail client, you've probably noticed that
Mozilla Firebird either doesn't do anything or it starts Outlook Express when
you click on a mailto link. This is because Mozilla Mail doesn't correctly
register itself as the default mailto protocol handler on Windows. You will have
to fix this manually.
In Windows XP/2000, select Folder Options in the Control Panel, then click on
the File Types tab. Here, browse to the file type called (None) URL:MailTo
Protocol and click Advanced. Select the open action and click Edit. Here,
uncheck the Use DDE option and specify the full path to mozilla.exe in the
Application used to perform action field. Enclose the path in quotation marks
and append -compose %1. The result should look something like this:
"C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\mozilla.exe" -compose %1
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Now, I'm using Win98, but translating that into 98ese was simple:
Double-click My Computer.
Select View > Folder Options.
Select the File Types tab.
Scroll down to the URL:MailTo Protocol entry and select it.
Click Edit.
In the Edit File Type dialog, select "open" from the Actions box.
Click Edit.
Replace what is in the "Application used to perform action:" box by:
"C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\mozilla.exe" -compose %1
Click the OKs to get back out of My Computer.
Done.
