Firefox and Thunderbird on Linux
[description taken from ubuntuforums.org but might be usefull for all Linux distros]
Some people have problems using mailto links with Thunderbird. To fix the “choose user profile” problem, follow this howto.
THUNDERBIRD: Open with firefox an URL contained in an email
- Open Nautilus and type this in the address bar: ~/.thunderbird (if that doesn’t work, try ~/.mozilla-thunderbird)
- Go your profile directory (with a random-generated name, like this Xbcgev.default). To be sure you’re in the correct directory check if a file named prefs.js exists.
- File > Create Document > Empty Document highlight it and press F2 to rename the document user.js (If it already exists skip this passage).
- Open user.js and write this line (if the file already exists append the line at the end): user_pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.http”, “/usr/bin/firefox”); /usr/bin/firefox is obviously the path to execute firefox
- That’s all
FIREFOX: open thunderbird when clicking on a “mailto:” link
- Open Nautilus and type this in the address bar: ~/.mozilla/firefox (if that doesn’t work, try ~/.mozilla-thunderbird)
- Go your profile directory (with a random-generated name, like this Xbcgev.default). To be sure you’re in the correct directory check if a file named prefs.js exists.
- File > Create Document > Empty Document highlight it and press F2 to rename the document user.js (If it already exists skip this passage).
- Open user.js and write this line (if the file already exists append the line at the end): user_pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.mailto”, ”/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird”); /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird is the path to execute thunderbird
- That’s all
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