Send Link does not work after upgrade to Firefox 2.0.0.11

AHA...@gmail.com

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Dec 1, 2007, 12:58:46 PM12/1/07

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Send Link completely stopped working after recent upgrade.

went to control panel, permissions, make sure set to custom and def.
mail pp is outlook xpress. stll not working..

Simon D

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Dec 1, 2007, 1:13:48 PM12/1/07

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AHA...@gmail.com brought next idea :

> Send Link completely stopped working after recent upgrade.
>
> went to control panel, permissions, make sure set to custom and def.
> mail pp is outlook xpress. stll not working..

Still working for me (Firefox 2.0.0.11, XP Home SP2, Outlook 2003).

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Simon

afloc...@gmail.com

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Dec 4, 2007, 6:40:28 PM12/4/07

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type "about:config" in the address bar. Do a search for
"network.protocol-handler.external.mailto" if the value is "false"
change it to "true".

markz...@gmail.com

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Dec 5, 2007, 9:29:01 AM12/5/07

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That fixed the problem for me.

Sean

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Dec 5, 2007, 1:37:20 PM12/5/07

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I checked the setting and it is true. My problem is now the Send Link
opens MS Outlook instead of Thunderbird. I don't use Outlook. How can
I get back to linking ti Thunderbird?
Sean Ahern

Irwin Greenwald

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Dec 5, 2007, 5:04:06 PM12/5/07

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Close TB. Set OE as default mail reader. Close OE. Open TB and set it
as default mail [and news] reader. Send link work now?

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mite...@gmail.com

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Dec 9, 2007, 2:24:38 PM12/9/07

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The email links are working but it opens in MS Outlook instead of
firefox. So how to make firefox as the default
Mitesh Jadav

Leonidas Jones

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Dec 9, 2007, 2:44:28 PM12/9/07

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Did you see Irwin's response?

Lee

John Liebson

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Dec 9, 2007, 2:59:31 PM12/9/07

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Firefox, Tools, Options, General, System Defaults

Does not work?

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser

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John Liebson

Leonidas Jones

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Dec 9, 2007, 3:18:30 PM12/9/07

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Lets get on the same page. In FIrefox, you are clicking on an Mmailto
link, which causes your default mail client to open. It is opening
Outlook, and you would prefer that it open Thunderbird. Is that a
correct statement of your problem?

If so, whether Firefox is default or not is immaterial. If Firefox is
open and you click on a mailto link, it will open what ever is your
default mail client.

Strictly speaking, this is a TB problem, not a FF one, but if you follow
Irwin's advice to Sean, it should solve it.

Lee

Chris Ilias

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Dec 9, 2007, 4:15:11 PM12/9/07

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On 12/9/07 2:24 PM, _mite...@gmail.com_ spoke thusly:

> The email links are working but it opens in MS Outlook instead of
> firefox. So how to make firefox as the default

Sounds to me like you want it to open a webmail account (hotmail, yahoo
mail, Gmail, etc.).
For that, you'll need a Firefox extension. From your posting address,
I'll assume you use Gmail. In which case, the Gmail Manager extension is
probably your best choice.
<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1320>

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