upstream comments say: The text entry for mail and web browsers is gone in GNOME 3. If you want to setup another mail client than the ones listed, you'll need to create and install a .desktop file to launch the application, which handles the x-scheme-handler/mailto mime-type.
See how it was done for Evolution for example: http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=61999b493fc4266300eab2907909867e73e4cc1e -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416695 Title: No Browse button for Preferred Applications Mail Reader command -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs