Howto config MailTo: to start Thunderbird?
ToddAn...@verizon.net
Under the Linux version of Firefox 2.0.0.3, how
do I configure FF to start a Thunderbird compose windows
whenever I click on a "MailTo:" link?
Many thanks,
-T
maj...@gmail.com
which distro? if thunderbird is set as your default mail client, it
should just work but that depends on how the programs were
registered. I don't know enough about linux to walk you through it
myself. If you don't get an answer here you can try the other options
on the support page http://mozilla.com/support or even your distro's
support avenues.
Nir
ToddAn...@verizon.net
I turned all my about:config "mail" to true. When I click on
MailTo, I get open with Evolution. I am not finding Evolution
in my about:config. How do I change it back to Thunderbird?
-T
Nir
in firefox , type about:config in location bar , press Enter
Right-click -> New -> Boolean -> Name:
network.protocol-handler.external.mailto -> Value -> true
again Right-click -> New -> String -> Name:
network.protocol-handler.app.mailto -> Value -> /path/to/thunderbird
if you don't know the location of 'thunderbird' file , in console run
type thunderbird
it will return the path of that file
ToddAn...@verizon.net
Do you know the command in the run string for Thunderbird
that brings up a compose window?
/usr/bin/thunderbird --compose %s
does not seem to work
-T
Thanos
> On Apr 23, 1:02 am, Nir <nir....@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> ToddAndMa...@verizon.net wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> Under the Linux version of Firefox 2.0.0.3, how do I configure FF to
>>> start a Thunderbird compose windows whenever I click on a "MailTo:"
>>> link?
>>> Many thanks, -T
>> "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol#Linux_and_Mac"
>
> I turned all my about:config "mail" to true. When I click on
> MailTo, I get open with Evolution.
You said 'Evolution'... Are you running Gnome? If I remember correctly,
under the system menu there is somewhere an entry called "Preferred
Applications" or something like that anyway! Run it and select there TB
to be the default mail application. That should work...
Nir
> Do you know the command in the run string for Thunderbird
> that brings up a compose window?
> /usr/bin/thunderbird --compose %s
> does not seem to work
thunderbird -compose
or
/usr/bin/thunderbird --compose
--
see for help
thunderbird --help
Brian Heinrich
<snip />
> Do you know the command in the run string for Thunderbird
> that brings up a compose window?
> /usr/bin/thunderbird --compose %s
> does not seem to work
Which distro? And: What happens when you try to do so?
/usr/bin/thunderbird should just be a symlink to
/usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird, so you should just be able to enter
(either in a term or in a run box):
thunderbird --compose
(I'm not sure if the |%s| is necessary or not. . . .)
--
/b.
String quartets don't march very well.
--Donald Barthelme, /The Dead Father/
Brian Heinrich
> ToddAn...@verizon.net wrote:
>
>> Do you know the command in the run string for Thunderbird
>> that brings up a compose window?
>> /usr/bin/thunderbird --compose %s
>> does not seem to work
>
> thunderbird -compose
> or
> /usr/bin/thunderbird --compose
It seems not to matter whether it's |-compose| or |--compose|?
I assume you should also be able to use:
/usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin -compose
Brian Heinrich
> ToddAn...@verizon.net wrote:
>> On Apr 23, 1:02 am, Nir <nir....@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> ToddAndMa...@verizon.net wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Under the Linux version of Firefox 2.0.0.3, how do I configure FF to
>>>> start a Thunderbird compose windows whenever I click on a "MailTo:"
>>>> link?
>>>> Many thanks, -T
>>> "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol#Linux_and_Mac"
>>
>> I turned all my about:config "mail" to true. When I click on
>> MailTo, I get open with Evolution.
>
> You said 'Evolution'... Are you running Gnome?
'Pends on distro: [open]SUSE will set Evo as the default.
> If I remember correctly,
> under the system menu there is somewhere an entry called "Preferred
> Applications" or something like that anyway! Run it and select there TB
> to be the default mail application.
Xfce has something quite similar; it's a wee bit different in KDE, tho'.
Don't know 'bout other WMs off-hand. (Rinaldi?)
> That should work...
Alternately: Edit | Preferences : General -- System Defaults. (When I got
SUSE 10.1 up and running here at home, I imported stuff from my Windows
partition, in which Tb was set as the default mail client. . . .)