How do you change the newsreader and ftp apps?

[markpatterson]

Hi,
I have noticed that when I click on an fpt link in Safari it brings up Camino. I'm sure Safari can handle ftp. Just now I was running BBEdit Lite, and dropped down its world-icon menu, and noticed that it lists apps launched to handle various protocol. In System Prefences, the Internet applet only has a way to set the mail and browser apps, not the others listed in BBEdit: news (currently Outlook express classic ), ftp (which is Camino) and gopher (which I never use).

So how are you supposed to chage the FTP and News apps?

 

[phatcactus]

You can edit the URL helpers in Internet Explorer's preferences, or you can use a preference pane called More Internet, or you can use and app called Vince.

I prefer More Internet.

 

[markpatterson]

Thanks, PhatCactus, i've installed More Internet in /Library/PreferencesPanes, removed or preplaced MS IE, (nothing personal against the authors of IE) and Outlook, and I feel much more in control of my system.