Thunderbird- links don't work in downloaded email

Earl Parker II · 01-29-2006, 07:53 AM

I have Thunderbird 1.0.7 on a Slack 10.2 box. When I get an email containing a web page, links in that page don't work. I've ruled out connectivity issues and I can bring up the same page in Firefox and the links work fine. What am I overlooking? Thanks!

comprookie2000 · 01-29-2006, 08:00 AM

Add this to ~/.thunderbird/8ee0ulse.default/prefs.js <---yours may be different

Code:

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");

Thats for firefox if you have /usr/bin/firefox may be /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox
Make sure thunderbird is closed when you edit the file ...

Earl Parker II · 01-29-2006, 08:33 AM

comprookie2000,

Thanks for the reply! I pasted the code into prefs.js and rebooted but still no go.

Update: Had a brain fart, changed the path "/usr/bin/firefox" to the path on my machine but still no go.

Another update: The inserted code does not survive a reboot- prefs.js reverts to it's previous form.