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| Crate a directory (if not present) named {{{bin}} in your home. Change to the new created directory and write there a file {{{firefox-mailto-fix}}} with the following content: {{{ #!/bin/bash # This script allows FireFox to send mailto: links # to Thunderbird |
In the "Options -> General" dialog of Firefox check the Applications entry for the '''mailto''' apllication. The entry should look like this: |
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| THUNDERBIRD="thunderbird" THUNDERBIRD_REMOTE="thunderbird -remote" #echo "Firefox mailto: $*" >> $HOME/log.txt MAILTO_URL="$1" #Strip off the protocol as this confuses Thunderbird MAIL_DATA=`echo "$MAILTO_URL" | /bin/sed -s 's/^mailto://'` if $THUNDERBIRD_REMOTE 'ping()' ; then $THUNDERBIRD_REMOTE "mailto( $MAIL_DATA )" else #The mailto needs to be in the format mailto:someone@example.com #eg not mailto://someone@example.com $THUNDERBIRD -P default -compose "$MAILTO_URL" fi exit 0 }}} Finally make the script you created executable, with {{{chmod u+x firefox-mailto-fix}}}. Then open firefox and type {{{about:config}}} in the address bar, and create a new key {{{network.prococol-handler.app.mailto}}} with value {{{/home/$yourusername/bin/firefox-mailto-fix}}}, where you should substitute {{{$yourusername}}} with your unix login name. |
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How can I click an e-mail addres in firefox so that it opens a new mail for this recipient in thunderbird?
Problem
On ISG.EE managed workstation I cannot open a mailto-link in firefox to compose the mail in thunderbird. What can I do?
Solution
In the "Options -> General" dialog of Firefox check the Applications entry for the mailto apllication. The entry should look like this: