Linking Firefox to Thunderbird

[x-tech]

Hey All,

I am trying get my firefox mailto links to open up in thunderbird.

I have added the following to prefs.js file:

 

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird");

 

The only problem is if thunderbird is already open I get the profile chooser.

Im sure Im not giving the proper command, can you help me out?

Thanks,

 

 

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[Steve Scrimpshire]

Try:

 

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird -remote 'openURL(%s,new-window)'");

[x-tech]

Try:

 

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird -remote 'openURL(%s,new-window)'");

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Well,

I gave that a shot.

It didnt work.

Thanks for the quick responce.

Any other suggestions?

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I found it:

http://www.crazysquirrel.com/debian/firefox-mailto.php

 

Only problem is, you need Cooker packages for it to work. The current official pkgs are semi-broken.

The pkgs you'll need are:

mozilla-enigmail-1.7.5-6mdk.i586.rpm

mozilla-enigmime-1.7.5-6mdk.i586.rpm

mozilla-firefox-1.0-10mdk.i586.rpm

mozilla-thunderbird-1.0-5mdk.i586.rpm

mozilla-1.7.5-6mdk.i586.rpm

libnss3-1.7.5-6mdk.i586.rpm

libnspr4-1.7.5-6mdk.i586.rpm

mozilla-mail-1.7.5-6mdk.i586.rpm

 

Those are the current version numbers as of this moment, as Cooker updates constantly, those version numbers could be different by the time I hit the submit button. Installing those will make you uninstall Galeon and I'm not sure what dependencies a Cooker Galeon pkg requires and I don't really care about Galeon.

Be warned: Mixing Cooker and Official pkgs can be dangerous on the continued stability of your system. I am a very experienced user (by 'experienced' I mean I've hosed/broken/toasted/borked a few installations).

Edited February 9, 2005 by Steve Scrimpshire

[cmus]

I've got the opposite problem. When I clink on html links that come to my inbox in thunderbird, firefox will open up but is only directed to my homepage. I have to copy links out of e-mails into the firefox address bar which is a pain. Is there any way to fix this?

 

Mahalo....

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I have yet to get Thunderbird to open Firefox when clicking on links in it. If you can tell me how to do that, I may be able to solve the homepage problem relatively easily.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I think I got it.

Run gnome-default-applications-properties and set the default browser to

 

mozffremote "%s"

[cmus]

Thanks Steve, that worked. Now the next step would be to try to be able to get the links opened from thunderbird to be opened in a new tab within firefox if firefox was already running. Any ideas?

 

Mahalo

[Steve Scrimpshire]

That fix above should also open a new tab if firefox is already opened. That's the nature of the mozffremote script itself. It works that way here. Have a look at /usr/bin/mozffremote and you'll see what I mean.

 

Well, actually, I may have edited my mozffremote now that I think about it. Here's my /usr/bin/mozffremote:

if mozilla-firefox -a firefox -remote "ping()" 2> /dev/null ; then

    if [ -z "$1" ]; then

mozilla-firefox -a firefox -remote "xfeDoCommand (openBrowser)"

    else

mozilla-firefox -a firefox -remote "openURL($1,new-tab)"

    fi

else

    mozilla-firefox $1 &

fi

 

Yours may say new-window in the bold part. Note that changing this will change the behavior for every link you click in other apps as well...at least ones that respect the gnome-config.