Links in Thunderbird

[jonblund]

When I installed Thunderbird and all default program settings fixed there whas no webb connection from Thundrbird. No links opend, not even the native links in the program.
First I used the config editor to add a string pointing to firefox but nothing happend. After some mucking around in the filesystem Iw'e got it to work. Here's how.

• open Thundebird and go to edit -> preferences -> advanced -> general tab and click the config editor
  
• right click in the editor window and choose new string
• in the enter preference name window type:
  network.protocol-handler.app.http
  and click OK
• in the enter string window type:
  /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.5/firefox

close the editor and preferences, now all links should open in firefox, no need to restart Thunderbird.

[bryce203]

Re: Links in Thunderbird

Thank you very much!!

[skunk]

Re: Links in Thunderbird

This fix is correct, although it will break the next time firefox is updated. A better fix would be to use /usr/bin/firefox instead, since the link will be automatically updated each time firefox is updated.

Also, you should also set the same value for
network.protocol-handler.app.https

and possibly
network.protocol-handler.app.ftp

[carib]

Re: Links in Thunderbird

Or, perhaps, setting $BROWSER!?

It was the first solution to me! (Thanks to Google!)

[jonblund]

Re: Links in Thunderbird

I started with /usr/bin/firefox and went on with /usr/bin/firefox-3 and /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 without luck. It seems Thunderbird need the direct path to the executable to find the browser.

Thats right, to open links in other protocols (https, ftp) you have to add them to.

I tried the $BROWSER tip, doesnt work for mee. Could you give more specific detailed instructions where and how to add this command.

[carib]

Re: Links in Thunderbird

I tried the $BROWSER tip, doesnt work for mee. Could you give more specific detailed instructions where and how to add this command.

In /etc/profile or ~/.profile (export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox)

But, this is with 9.04. That was the solution I had finded.

Now, with 9.10, it is not necessary! Why? I don't know, really!

Another bit. To have lightning working, the instalation must be done from repositories with adept or kpackage or something like that.

[Qqmike]

Re: Links in Thunderbird

Lots of posts on this. The way most of us have solved it in the past couple years is the following (clipped from my notes):

Open Konqueror. Open your /home/your_name. On the menu across the top, View – Show hidden files. In that list, find and click on the folder .mozilla-thunderbird.
Then, inside .mozilla-thunderbird, Open the folder RRRRRRRR.default
where RRRRRRRR is a string of eight random alphanumeric characters (that may look rather odd to you).

Find or create the file user.js in RRRRRRRR.default.
(To create it if it's not there, as was my case: In that folder, Right-click on an empty place, Create New - Text file , and call it user.js)

Copy these lines into user.js:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp","/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http","/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https","/usr/bin/firefox");

File-Save, File Quit
Restart Thunderbird to test it.

OR, for example:
Copy these lines into user.js:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp","/usr/bin/firefox-2");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http","/usr/bin/firefox-2");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https","/usr/bin/firefox-2");

Restart Thunderbird for this change to take effect.

If you want to use some browser other than Firefox, then put in the full path for that browser, instead of /usr/bin/firefox, in the above lines.