>> Thanks for the reply, however this change did not have the desired
>> effect. Clicking on a .doc attachment still calls up kword.
>
> Ahhh.

And I thought he was crazy to wish OpenOffice as an editor in KMail ))

> The default editor is just to write e-mails.
>
> You want to change KDE's default association/mimetype for doc's.
> Konqueror: Settings - Configure Konqueror - Default Associations.


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damjan