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Mitch Claborn  
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 More options Jun 15 2009, 11:51 am
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From: Mitch Claborn <mi...@claborn.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:51:16 -0500
Local: Mon, Jun 15 2009 11:51 am
Subject: custom protocol handler
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How can I define a custom protocol handler in Thunderbird to call an
external program when a specially formatted link is clicked in an HTML
email?

I generate some HTML reports that are emailed.  I want to have clickable
links in the reports that will take various actions on a web server
without opening a browser.  My thought was to create a link like
    abcd://localhost:9999/do_something
so that when user clicks the link it will call the external program
which can do whatever I want (like a wget to call the webserver).  So I
need to somehow tell Thunderbird to call a specific external program to
handle the abcd protocol.

Any ideas?

Mitch


 
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Dan Mosedale  
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 More options Jun 15 2009, 1:21 pm
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From: Dan Mosedale <dm...@mozillamessaging.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:21:25 -0700
Local: Mon, Jun 15 2009 1:21 pm
Subject: Re: custom protocol handler
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On 6/15/09 8:51 AM, Mitch Claborn wrote:

> My thought was to create a link like
>      abcd://localhost:9999/do_something
> so that when user clicks the link it will call the external program
> which can do whatever I want (like a wget to call the webserver).  So I
> need to somehow tell Thunderbird to call a specific external program to
> handle the abcd protocol.

> Any ideas?

Thunderbird just asks the OS about protocol handlers, so you need to
have your program register itself as a handler for a specific URL scheme
with the appropriate system service API in Windows, OS X, or GNOME.

Dan


 
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Ben Bucksch  
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 More options Jun 15 2009, 5:38 pm
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From: Ben Bucksch <ben.bucksch.n...@beonex.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:38:11 +0200
Local: Mon, Jun 15 2009 5:38 pm
Subject: Re: custom protocol handler
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On 15.06.2009 17:51, Mitch Claborn wrote:

> How can I define a custom protocol handler in Thunderbird to call an
> external program when a specially formatted link is clicked in an HTML
> email?

> I generate some HTML reports that are emailed.  I want to have clickable
> links in the reports that will take various actions on a web server
> without opening a browser.  My thought was to create a link like
>      abcd://localhost:9999/do_something
> so that when user clicks the link it will call the external program
> which can do whatever I want (like a wget to call the webserver).  So I
> need to somehow tell Thunderbird to call a specific external program to
> handle the abcd protocol.

As dmose said, TB looks at the OS for URL schemes it doesn't know, like
abcd:. In Windows, it's in the registry, next to the file extensions.

 
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Ben Bucksch  
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 More options Jun 15 2009, 5:38 pm
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From: Ben Bucksch <ben.bucksch.n...@beonex.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:38:11 +0200
Local: Mon, Jun 15 2009 5:38 pm
Subject: Re: custom protocol handler
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On 15.06.2009 17:51, Mitch Claborn wrote:

> How can I define a custom protocol handler in Thunderbird to call an
> external program when a specially formatted link is clicked in an HTML
> email?

> I generate some HTML reports that are emailed.  I want to have clickable
> links in the reports that will take various actions on a web server
> without opening a browser.  My thought was to create a link like
>      abcd://localhost:9999/do_something
> so that when user clicks the link it will call the external program
> which can do whatever I want (like a wget to call the webserver).  So I
> need to somehow tell Thunderbird to call a specific external program to
> handle the abcd protocol.

As dmose said, TB looks at the OS for URL schemes it doesn't know, like
abcd:. In Windows, it's in the registry, next to the file extensions.

 
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Mitch Claborn  
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 More options Jun 16 2009, 11:02 am
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From: Mitch Claborn <mi...@claborn.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:02:53 -0500
Local: Tues, Jun 16 2009 11:02 am
Subject: Re: custom protocol handler
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Here is what worked for me (Linux / Suse)

gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mmmm/command 'mm_launch_app
%s' --type String
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mmmm/enabled --type Boolean true
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mmmm/needs_terminal --type
Boolean false

gconftool-2 -a /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mmmm


 
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