235960 - Mozilla does not allow itself to be used as the default newsgroups reader in Windows

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 121369

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[William M. Quarles]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

If I select Internet Options from the Windows Control Panel, or if I open up
Internet Options within Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click on the Programs
tab, Mozilla Mail does show up as an option for the default E-mail program. 
However, it does not show up as an option for the default Newsgroups reader.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Internet options on the Windows Control Panel
or right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop and select Properties
or select Tools, the "Internet Options..." from the Internet Explorer menubar
2. Click on the Programs tab
3. Open the Newsgroups pull-down menu, notice that Mozilla Mail and Newsgroups
is not an option (also, for e-mail, it should say Mozilla Mail and Newsgroups,
not just Mozilla Mail)

Actual Results:  
Mozilla Mail and Newsgroups was not an option to use as the default Newsgroups
program.

Expected Results:  
Mozilla Mail and Newsgroups should be an option to use as the default Newsgroups
program

Comment 1

[Robert Mohr]

Isn't this a Windows bug?  IIRC, you can't set the default newsreader to
anything but OE or Outlook in Windows.

Comment 2

[Alfonso Martinez]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121369 ***