[X Newbies] Trouble with Default Browser

[Robert roehner]

On 03Jan03, Birgit Rhoads <woodlandogs at earthlink.net> wrote:

>Are you sure that the mail program you are using is OS
>X?  Just a thought that you could be clicking on a OS 9
>mail program and didn't notice the multicolored apple in
>the menu bar.

Brigit,

When we set up our new OS 10.2.3 eMac Christmas night, I started 
using the Mail program that was shipped with the computer. While it 
worked as advertised, I didn't like it. So I downloaded Eudora 5.2- 
the OS X version. I've been using Eudora for the past eight years. I 
like it, I'm used to it, and IMHO, it is vastly superior to Apple's 
Mail program.

I know I'm using the OS X version because when it launches, the Apple 
in the menu bar remains blue and the upper left of all the Eudora 
windows have the red, yellow, and green buttons. But your post got me 
to thinking.

What I did was quit both Eudora and Explorer. Then I launched Apples 
mail program. And clicked on some links that had been sent to me 
while I was using that program. Guess what? The OS X version of 
Explorer launched right away. It didn't even attempt to start Classic.

So I guess the problem lies with Eudora. While it runs native in OS 
X, apparently it isn't a true OS X program. Must be some kind of 
hybrid or carbon that runs under both operating systems. Thanks for 
helping me figure out why this is happening.

Robert Roehner
<snopple at mac.com>