[Pan-users] Re: old trouble : can't email

[Beartooth Sciurivore]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:56:38 +0000, Duncan wrote:
[...]
> Well, it's a pan config, so call it you or call it pan as you will, but
> there is hope. =8^)
> 
> I see you are using pan-0.132, so new-pan.  Pan no longer has a mail
> client of its own.  Instead it tries to forward the message to your
> system or otherwise configured mail client.  If that client handles
> mailto: protocol, it should just work, as long as pan is picking up the
> right configuration from the system or, failing that, you've set it
> correctly.  If your normal mail client doesn't handle mailto:, you'll
> have to configure something (maybe a conversion script, or failing that,
> a different mail client) that does.

        I have it set to custom, and the blank reads simply "alpine." I 
suspect it wants something like a % sign there; but Alpine, magnificent 
as it is, does not handle mailto well afaik -- When something does launch 
it, I have to get to the To: field and delete it.

> Pan's settings are in preferences, on the applications tab.  Since I use
> KDE, I have it set to use KDE prefs, but there are options for GNOME,
> OSX, and MSWormOS as well.  It does pick up my KDE prefs (kmail) and use
> them just fine.  If you aren't using any of those or they don't work,
> there's a custom command line option for you to put your own settings,
> as well.

        Hmmm ....

> If you have it working for your browser, IOW, one way or another (using
> the appropriate system settings or custom) you should be able to get it
> to work for pan as well.  If you don't, you can probably still get pan
> to do it, but it might take some doing.

        Much as I detest, despise, and otherwise abominate all forms of 
webmail (Did I mention that I abhor it?), I have to admmit it's better 
than no mail.

        Even though I'm running Fedora, I do have Galeon (which won't 
launch at the moment on my main machine) and I think Firefox set somehow 
so that I *can* get into mail.swva.net with its software -- despite the 
fact that it uses webmail.exe.

        I can't begin to recall how I did that.

        Could I set Pan to somehow launch, say, Dillo or Epiphany with 
the swva setting?? Or better, open Alpine and let me get rid of the 
mailto??


-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Evangelist
Fedora 8; Ubuntu 7.10; CentOS 5.1; Alpine 1.0, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6
Remember I know little (precious little!) of what I am talking about.