Opening links in thunderbird

gianh · 10-13-2004, 11:31 PM

How do i onfigure thunderbird so that when I click on a link in an email it is opened in firefox

Thanks

TazLinux · 10-13-2004, 11:33 PM

Open ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/(random_string).default/prefs.js

Add the line
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox");
somewhere.

This assumes that firefox is located there.

homey · 10-13-2004, 11:44 PM

It seems to be a popular topic. Here are some notes which I got from somewhere on this site and don't feel like going to look for it.

1- Create a shell script called "openlink.sh" in /usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6 containing the following lines

Code:

#!/bin/sh

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/firefox-0.9.3"

url="$1"
if [ "x$url" = "x" ]; then
url="about :blank"
fi

if $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/mozilla-xremote-client openURL\("$url, new-tab"\); then
exit 0
fi
exec $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/firefox "$url"

2- chmod +x /usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6/openlink.sh

3- Put these lines in the file /usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6/defaults/pref/all.js

// Use firefox for http, https & ftp links
pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6/openlink.sh");
pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6/openlink.sh");
pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6/openlink.sh");

4- Copy mozilla-xremote-client from /usr/lib/thunderbird-0.6 to /usr/lib/firefox-0.9.3

jalberty · 11-11-2004, 11:06 AM

Adding
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/opt/firefox/firefox");
to my thunderbird prefs works.

First link in thunderbird 0.9 opens firefox 1.0 second links opens e new tab in firefox 1.0

Thanx for the hint
Joeri