Comments on PythonWise: Making GMail The Default Email Application On Ubuntu

Yup, xdg-open is very good. I just don't think...

2009-12-19T20:36:15.552+02:00

Yup, xdg-open is very good. I just don't think it's installed by default.

Ah, on modern desktops "xdg-open" is a m...

2009-12-19T12:38:12.976+02:00

Ah, on modern desktops "xdg-open" is a more general solution then "gnome-open".

You can find a better solutions in the comments on...

2009-12-19T12:34:42.211+02:00

You can find a better solutions in the comments on http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/set-gmail-as-default-mail-client-in-ubuntu/

If you are using Firefox the best solution is to set "firefox %s" as the custom mailer command. Then choose your preferred webmail from firefox preferences.

Changed "firefox" to "gnome-open&qu...

2009-12-11T02:07:49.311+02:00

Changed "firefox" to "gnome-open", this way the default browser will be opened. (Thanks for the idea Jose)

2009-12-11T02:06:53.727+02:00

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Replace chromium-browser instead of firefox. If us...

2009-12-06T17:50:08.198+02:00

Replace chromium-browser instead of firefox. If using chromium.