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I have read here, Changing email application in Preferred Applications to GMail?, how to access mimeapps.list but I cannot figure out what needs to be entered for Claws Mail to act as preferred. I have tried 

x-scheme-handler/mailto=claws-mail.desktop

and 

x-scheme-handler/mailto=claws-mail

but neither seems to work.

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You are using the version of Claws-mail from the repositories (ie. 3.7.8-1ubuntu4)? Version 3.7.9-1 has amongst others this bugfix:

Include x-scheme-handler in .desktop file (Closes: #610342)

So install this new version and it should work. You can get the lastest version here or following these instructions. Add these 2 to your repositories:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/claws-mail/ppa/ubuntu natty main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/claws-mail/ppa/ubuntu natty main

update your sources list and update/re-install claws-mail. Images:

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(If sources needed repeat it for the 2nd line)

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  • I am actually running Claws Mail 3.7.10. Is there some part that maybe is not updated properly. Or is there something else that I need to enter in the mimeapps.list, other than what I have tried? – Thanks Sep 17 '11 at 18:26
  • If that is the case I would suggest to create a bug report! Acc to the maintainer he thinks it IS working in v9 and up :( sorry – Rinzwind Sep 17 '11 at 18:28