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[senex at drofle.co.uk]

I use Linux, and have done so for many years. A long time ago I tried
Sylpheed and later Claws as mail clients. At that time they were not so
sophisticated as they are now.

So for some time I have stuck with Thunderbird. I think that it has
become a bit too bloated for me recently and I understand it is no
longer being fully maintained any more.

So I am back looking at claws mail and I am quite surprised at how much
it has changed over the years. I am now seriously considering moving
over to claws entirely, so I have been researching it via the internet.

There will be a new LTS version of Xubuntu out soon, so I am trying to
learn about the up to date version of claws mail meanwhile.  Mostly I
have got on fine, but there is one problem which I have found. I have
tried to find the answer for myself but no luck so far.

I go Configuration --> Preferences --> Message View --> External
Programs. The web browser choice is greyed out while 'Use system
defaults when possible' is on. When I deselect that choice then
'firefox '%s' is now available. However when I try to use it, by
clicking on a URL in a message, nothing happens. It does work in TBird.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very grateful,

Thanks

Neil