On 03/12/09 14:32, Rex Dieter wrote: > Roderick Johnstone wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'd like to change the default email client in kde from kmail to >> thunderbird. >> >> I can change it for my pown account by using system settings / Default >> applications, and it seems to add a file emaildefaults in my .kde tree, >> but I'd like to be able to change it system-wide for all my users. >> >> Copying that emaildefaults to /usr/share/config doesnt seem to work. > > This worked for me, to change systemwide default to, say, thunderbird, > > edit /usr/share/config/emaildefaults to contain: > [Defaults] > Profile=Default > > [PROFILE_Default] > EmailClient[$e]=thunderbird > > Keep in mind, any ~/.kde/share/config/emaildefaults present, will > override /usr/share/config/emaildefaults > > -- Rex Thanks Rex. It turned out I had a permissions problem on the emaildefaults file. Thanks for confirming that it worked for you. Roderick
