[X-Newbies] Mail Links Open Backup Safari

[Al Poulin]

On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:11 AM, W Lane wrote:

>
> On 06-Mar-18, at 8:06 AM, Al Poulin wrote:
>
>> How can I make Mail 1.3.11 in Panther 10.3.9 open or use the Safari 
>> 1.3.1 that is on the same volume?  I cannot find any preferences in 
>> either Mail or Safari to control this.
>>
>> Recently I upgraded Panther to the latest version and upgraded 
>> Safari.  Apparently, the Safari upgrade hit every copy of Safari on 
>> two internal drives, including my backup volume, with no dialog 
>> asking me where I wanted the upgrade to go.  Ever since then, 
>> whenever I click on an active link in Mail, the copy of Safari on my 
>> internal, backup hard drive opens up, even while Safari on my main 
>> drive is already running.  This usually entails a few seconds of 
>> delay, and I do not care to hear that rattle from the head movements 
>> of the original IBM 40GB hard drive in this Quicksilver G4/733.
>
>
> Tiger is different (browser prefs are in Safari). If I recall, in 
> Panther is there not System Pref for 'Internet', or something similar?

Panther Safari does have browser preferences like in Tiger.  But there 
is nothing there to deal with the problem.  I checked Panther System 
Preferences, including Accounts, Network, and International, and can 
find nothing there either.

Thanks,
Al Poulin