[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

Thank you very much Oliver. I did what you said, but it failed the first
time because I have a user.js file as well in my profile, with the line:

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

I had to comment that out. After that your method worked like a charm.
Many thanks :-)

For the record, let me state what prompted my original launchpad bug
report so that it does not get shelved and re-filed in another form:

1. Those of us who used the integrated Netscape, and later the Mozilla,
suite several years ago had seamless integration when clicking a mailto
link in the web browser opened a compose window in the email agent. That
changed when the Mozilla suite was separated into Firefox and
Thunderbird.

2. In Firefox 1.n, this functionality was restored using the method
described at:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_mail_client#Setting_email_client_for_Firefox_in_Linux

under the section

"Setting email client for Firefox in Linux"

2. To ensure non-volatility between upgrades (for versions 1.n and 2.n),
I created, in addition, a user.js file in my profile and had in it the
single line:

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

3. After the upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy when Firefox 2.0.0.14 was
changed (without any warning to the user) to Firefox3.0b5, the mailto
links that had been previously set to invoke Thunderbird simply stopped
working. Hence my bug report.

4. For the record, I have also asked the same question as in this bug
at:

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-
view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=45594&forumId=1

but have received no reply from there. [Oliver, would you like to post
your workaround there please as well, in case it helps others?]

5. Now thanks to Oliver, and his workaround, it appears that the method
of affiliating mimetypes and applications has changed from about:config
settings (they are now not accessible without a warning) and instead
employ the GUI method he has described.

6. As an afterthought, this problem and its solution might also be
applicable to Firefox bugs in which people have reported losing their
settings for helper applications such as PDF viewers.

Thanks to everyone.

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mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
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