I have tried for what seems like forever to fix this problem. I use the latest version of Thunderbird for e-mail and when ever I click on a link it goes to a temp file like this: file:///C:/DOCUME~1/Larry/LOCALS~1/Temp/nointerest.html I want it to open in a regular browser window. (Firefox) but it only goes local. I've tried resetting every option I can think of from Folder Options to arguments in Firefox. Any ideas on how to get this to work? Every version of Thunderbird I have used does this. Someone said this a built in feature to protect you from adverse software taking over your computer. I'm a big boy and can do without this hassle. For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. - Alice Kahn

If no one is able to provide you with an answer here then I would suggest that you post your problem in a Thunderbird forum http://forums.mozillazine.org/index...

I'll hang in here for few days and then go over there. Thanks. They may have the answer. For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. - Alice Kahn

What is configured in your File Associations for html extensions? EEOC

Firefox. Still won't go there through a link in Thunderbird though. For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. - Alice Kahn

I appears this a 'feature" which I can understand, but yet there is no easy way to turn it off. I'll learn to live with it. But I resent the programmers feeling that they know better than I do. For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. - Alice Kahn