File Associations - Debian, KDE, Thunderbird

[God Bless Texas]

This may be a better question for the T'bird forums, but . . .

When I have "text-htm" and "text-html" associated with Firefox
("usr/lib/firefox/firefox %u") in my Control Center | KDE Components |
File Associations menu, shouldn't a click on a web link in an e-mail open
the associated URL in Firefox?

I can't find a separate association within the Thunderbird configuration.
The links work fine in Pan, but in T'bird I get an instance of Konqueror,
a message that Firefox cannot be opened, *and* the appropriate page opened
in Firefox.

Ideas?

User experience rating: Noob+

[James McIninch]

They would, but Thunderbird isn't a native KDE or GNOME application. It
ignores the file associations used by the desktop environment and manages
its own list. Presumably it does this because every OS handles the
file-type action association differently.

Here's an article on setting the file-types and actions for Thunderbird:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Actions_for_attachment_file_types

Post by God Bless Texas
This may be a better question for the T'bird forums, but . . .
When I have "text-htm" and "text-html" associated with Firefox
("usr/lib/firefox/firefox %u") in my Control Center | KDE Components |
File Associations menu, shouldn't a click on a web link in an e-mail open
the associated URL in Firefox?
I can't find a separate association within the Thunderbird configuration.
The links work fine in Pan, but in T'bird I get an instance of Konqueror,
a message that Firefox cannot be opened, *and* the appropriate page opened
in Firefox.
Ideas?
User experience rating: Noob+