On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:03:05PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:08:38 +0100
> >Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@lists.veego.de> wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 02:56:27PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> >>[..]
> >>
> >>>	Would anyone object to having this set by default in the
> >>>pkgsrc package?
> >>
> >>It depends. Yes, if this means that firefox would be opened as soon as
> >>start reading a mail which uses http or any of the other protocols.
> >
> >I don't think that that's what it would do.  It's only activated if you
> >click on a link within the email.
> 
> 	Exactly. Sorry - I should have made that clear in my initial
> 	email. Given that... any objections?

Not really, but I don't think that hard coding firefox here is a good idea.
You leave out other browsers.

> >>There should be a way to disable this support, so people who just want
> >>to read mails and not to bother with links in it will not be caught by
> >>starting a browser.

And what about this part?

Bernd