Typing a reply in an email, can it be automatically be converted to a working link for the receiver?

[Billie Walsh]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> Art Alexion wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 07 November 2008 4:16:43 pm Steven Vollom wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Years ago I used XP and Outlook.  When I sent or received an email, any
>>> web address or email address that was included in the body of the email
>>> was automatically hot.  When you clicked on it, you immediately were
>>> sent to that address.  Can that be done in Kubuntu 8.10 KDE3.5.10
>>> Thunderbird?
>>>     
>>>       
>> That is handled by the recipient's mail reader, unless you are sending html 
>> mail and configure a link in the mail you compose.
>>   
>>     
> Hi again Alex,
>
> I am one of those recipients.  I just received an email from my daughter 
> and wanted to click on the link that she supplied and had to cut and 
> paste it into the address bar to get to that site.  I much rather would 
> have liked just clicking on the link she provided and be forwarded to 
> that location.  That is how it worked using Outlook.  There isn't much I 
> prefer in Microsoft products, but that was one of them.
>
> Cordially friend,
> Steven
>
>   
In Thunderbird:

Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Config Editor

Right click > New> String

add:

network.protocol-handler.app.http

firefox

Right click > New > String

add:

network,protocol-handler.app.https

firefox

Right click > New > string

add:

network.protocol-handler.app.ftp

firefox

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