KMail&MozillaFirebird

[David Corbin]

On Tuesday 11 November 2003 17:16, Shift wrote:
> Le Tuesday 11 November 2003 21:21, Waldo Bastian a écrit :
> > On Tue November 11 2003 14:05, David Corbin wrote:
> > > > Where to set up %u ?
> > >
> > > Control Center/Kde Components/File Associations/text/html
> > >
> > > Although I find this an incredibly BAD place.  There ought to be
> > > somewhere that says, what program do use to process HTTP protocol,
> > > without regard to what the file type is.
> >
> > Yes, I fully agree.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Waldo
>
> Bad idea !
>
> HTTP can send anything (images, sound, text, html,...)
> What should Konqueror do if we click on a url like this

But the problem that started this discussion was not about Konqueror.  It's 
about KMail (and other non-browser apps).

> http://pipo.com/myimage.gif ? Should he try do display it internally ?

If Konqueror is processing the URL, that's it's decision.   I'm looking for an 
option so that KDE doesn't process the URL, other than to invoke my browser 
of choice.

> Internet Explorer do this and when it can't display the .gif image it try
> to found html on it. 

I'm sure I do not understand your "it try to found html on it."

> That's the way a famous "virus" make a DoS on the
> microsoft servers using vbscript in a gif (emma.gif or a similar name).

I'm not sure I understand the details 

> I don't want to see that in KDE :(

Nobody does.

> Perhaps I am wrong but I can't imagine the way you can do
> protocol/application associations.
>
> Franck

-- 
David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>

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