chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/5/06 17:57 wrote: >>Thanks to everyone who contributed to the clarification of this problem. >> >>I posted the same question on Apple's "Using OSX Tiger" forum. The reply >>I got included a link to emailer-talk archives - March 2006, where Chris >>reported it was not possible any longer in Tiger ! > >Great, so now the "official" and "final" word on the subject is based on >a post that I made saying I couldn't get it to work, and that it didn't >appear to work any more in Tiger using Apple's tools to set the pref. > >I don't know specifically which email you were pointed to, but I know >when I last looked into it, I found it didn't work with Apple's pref >settings. But I know that I do NOT know all of the details of why it >didn't work, and I don't know that it can't be overridden by hacking the >plist manually (although ISTR that I tried that and failed, but I may >have done it wrong). > >I also seem to recall thinking (and possibly saying) the same thing that >I believe Dave said yesterday... there would be nothing stopping someone >from writing an AppleScript that gets set as the default mail client, and >that script captures the mailto GURL event and passes it along to Emailer. > > >So yeah, the "official" word on the subject is based off a person that >never wrote out the possibility that Emailer can still be set as the >default mail client. Strikes me as kind of like how laughable it is that >"facts" are now being proven by linking to Wiki entries... and Wiki >entries are written arbitrarily by people with validation of any of the >claims. > >Lovely society we have gotten ourselves into. How long before no one has >any idea what truth is anymore! > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net> > > Chris,
I think I may have mislead you about the content of your archived message that was linked to the forum. Here it is in its entirety: > > >Re: Default program >chris >Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:47:11 -0800 >>How does one make CE the default email app in Tiger? I know this has >>been discussed but I forget! >> >>I just Command-clicked on an email link within a CE message - and it >>opened a new window in Mail!!! > >10.3 and earlier, you could just select Emailer using any of the default >internet application setters, or via the prefs in Mail. > >10.4 (Tiger), this has stopped working. No matter what you do, the choice >to use Emailer as the default keeps unsetting itself. IIRC, when I looked >into it, any Classic app would not stick. I suppose, in theory, you could >write an Applescript or similar that accepts the GURL event and then >passes it to Emailer. Compile the Applescript and it can probably be set >as the default mail handler. > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net> The possibility of eventually doing something about it was included in your message. That yours was the "official" and "final" word on the subject was neither said nor implied. It was linked to show that others had had the same problem trying to specify a Classic e-mail reader under Tiger and also not being able to make the pref stick. When I saw your message, I was relieved to know that it wasn't something gone awry in my system that caused the problem and was hopeful that some sort of "patch" might be compiled to correct it. I respect your expertise, so thought if he can't make it work under Tiger without some additional hack etc, then it must be a new element in Tiger. I hope this better clarifies things for you. Irene ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
