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you mean that you want to get kmail opened when you click on a mailto: hyperlink?

I am using firefox 2.0.0.3 and thunderbird 2.0.0.0 with freespire 1.0.13

I messed about with this extension and the new version that allows you to put in the path to your email program.

I unpacked it and found this file: getmailOverlay.xul in it you can see where the default path to thunderbird is set... and the part that launches the client:

var getmail = {
pref: Components.classes['@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefService),
defaultpath: "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Thunderbird\\thunderbird.exe",
getCharPref: function(prefname, value) {
try{
value=this.pref.getCharPref(prefname);
}
catch(e){
this.pref.setCharPref(prefname, value);
}
return value;
},
launch: function () {
var targetFile=Components.classes['@mozilla.org/file/local;1'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
targetFile.initWithPath(this.getCharPref("getmail.path", this.defaultpath));
targetFile.launch();
}
}

I tried to change the default path to the path to where I have thunderbird installed but that didn't make it work... I don't think it recognises the script "thunderbird" as executable... it /is/ for windows only according to the author (who refuses to support any other OS) so it may be looking for a .exe file. I don't know whatelse to try.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Ok, here's what I did to make it work... First of all, do NOT use Get Mail Plus Version 3.0. Use Get Mail Version 2.5.4. Make sure that Thunderbird is set as the default email client both in the program and in KDE.

Next make sure your mailto links work by checking about:config.

(1.) Open Firefox, type "about:config" (no quotes) in the address window, and click enter.
(2.) Right click on the window and choose <New>, then <String> from the pop-up menu that appears.
(3.) In the first pop-up box, enter: "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto" (no quotes, and it might just be easier to cut 'n paste this into the box).
(4.) In the next pop-up box enter the path to Thunderbird, or another email client (e.g. "/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird").

That should do it. If not:
(1.) Verify that your path to the email application is correct (e.g. "whereis mozilla-thunderbird" from a console window)
(2.) In about:config verify that "network.protocol-handler.external.mailto" is set as Boolean / True (that's the default AFAIK, so this shouldn't be set to False unless you've changed it).

From what i have deduced, Firefox and Thunderbird are obviously meant to be used together, but an annoying detail is that under Linux they are still not setup that way.

Hope this helps.