Re: Thunderbird and Firefox

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:08:38 +0100
Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Bernd
> 



                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb