About Mailto

When you click an e-mail address in a Web browser, the Mailto setting is used to open your e-mail client and fill in the To, CC, BC, CC, Subject, and Body of the message. Many Linux* clients have a default e-mail client listed for this setting. You must change this default setting to use GroupWise® in order for the Mailto functionality to work with GroupWise.

To change the setting for KDE-based browsers:

  1. Click the Main Menu button, then click Control Center.

  2. In the Control Center, click KDE Components > Component Chooser.

  3. Select Email Client, then Select Use a Different Email Client.

  4. In the Use a Different Email Client field type:

    /opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise.sh mailto:%t?cc=%c&bcc=%b&subject=%s&body=%B

  5. Click Apply.

To change the setting for a GNOME-based browsers:

  1. Click the Main Menu button, then click Desktop > Preferred Applications.

  2. Click the Mail Reader tab, then click Custom.

  3. In the Custom field type:

    /opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise.sh %s

  4. Click Close.

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