[sylpheed:34793] Re: Web page email links not opening Sylpheed in Win 7

[Cr0k]

Maybe you've to change your browser's settings for default application opened by mailto: links?

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:09:47 -0400
Bill Pratt <pratt at rogers.com> wrote:

> I have almost the same problem with Win 7 and Firefox. In my case, XP works perfectly, but with Win 7 email links open Sylpheed but not the compose window.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:59:55 -0600
> Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> > With XP and Opera browser, clicking on a web page email link opens a
> > Sylpheed compose window with the address inserted, no problem.  But
> > since installing Win 7, - installed on a new SSD, hence dual boot - it
> > doesn't work.  Instead, email links return an "Internal
> > communication error" web page. Has anyone seen a similar problem?  
> > 
> > My settings in Win 7 and Opera (and Sylpheed) are the same as they are
> > in XP (given defaults are set up differently in Win 7).  I've posted on
> > a couple of Win 7 forums, including MS Answers, but everyone is at a
> > loss to figure it out. Could it have anything to do with Sylpheed?
> > I've got screenshots of the Win 7 and Opera settings posted at
> > http://tinypic.com/a/2p3te/1. Any ideas welcome. Thanks,
> > 
> > Gene Goldenfeld
> > Sylpheed 3.1.2/Win 32.  
> > 
> 


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