I just sent that very same query to the Gnome list. Between us, perhaps we can get an answer.
GNOME Applications Menu -> Desktop Preferences -> Advanced -> File Types and Programs -> Add Service Use mailto as the protocol, and then whatever you want to use as your mail client in Program with the following format: evolution "%s" (If you want to use evolution) The mail client has to be able to handle a fully formated mailto: URL (which will go where the %s is - that's why it's in quotes, there can be spaces in it) ULB-GNOME sets this as the default -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org