URL's in a e-mail msg will not startup firefox...???

[Sundar Nagarajan]

Larry Shields wrote:
> Sundar Nagarajan wrote:
>> Larry Shields wrote:
>>   
>>> *Here is my problem, when someone sends a URL in a e-mail msg, when I 
>>> click on it, it will not bring up firefox...
>>>
>>> I am using Thunderbird as my mail client, now can anyone tell me what I 
>>> need to do for it to work...???
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help on this...
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>     
>>
>> Open the config editor in Thunderbird (under 
>> Edit-->Preferences-->Advanced --> Config Editor) and edit the following 
>> keys setting them to /usr/bin/firefox
>>
>> network.protocol-handler.app.http
>> network.protocol-handler.app.https
>>
>>
>>
>>   
> *Hello Sundar,
> 
> Thanks for the input concerning this problem, I looked in the advanced 
> area in the config editor, but did not see the 
> network.protocal-handler.app.http nor https...
> 
> Am I supposed to add those to the files...???
> 
> At anyrate, I just downloaded TB via synaptic, everything is working 
> just fine...
> 
> Thanks again for the reply...
> 
> Larry

Frankly I put these in quite a while ago when I was using TB2 while it 
was not yet in the Ubuntu repos. I do not remember any more whether I 
had to add the keys or just set the values. Anyway, I am glad your 
problem is solved.