[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
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[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
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[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
In Firefox 11, setting the value of network.protocol- handler.external.mailto from false to true fixed the problem. Thanks for leading me down the right path. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 Title: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/222944/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
** Changed in: firefox Importance: Unknown = Low -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
I fixed this problem by doing the following: Open mailto links in thunderbird open firefox select edit preferences select applications locate mailto modify mailto to point to: /usr/bin/thunderbird Thunderbird links won't open in Firefox open thunderbird edit, preferences, advanced, config editor right click, new, string string name: network.protocol-handler.app.ftp string value: /usr/bin/firefox open thunderbird edit, preferences, advanced, config editor right click, new, string string name: network.protocol-handler.app.http string value: /usr/bin/firefox open thunderbird edit, preferences, advanced, config editor right click, new, string string name: network.protocol-handler.app.https string value: /usr/bin/firefox restart thunderbird -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #478722 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478722 ** Also affects: firefox via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478722 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
XOXOXO Oliver! You have made me a very happy girl. I'm back in business sending emails to thunderbird from firefox 3. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Oliver's hack is not good. It's awkward, and if you have other mime- types that should open a specific application, you must merge the content from the old mimetypes.rdf and the new one. R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar's way is much easier! Just use File Send link once, and mailto-links works. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Thank you very much Oliver!!! I was setting it up as always in Firefox. It darned on me something must have changed for Firefox 3. I came across your posting. I always copy forward my profile for new releases so mine was set the previous way from Firefox 2. Mine now works perfectly!!! Thanks!!! Duane -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 06:49:56PM -, Robert Persson wrote: I have this problem even though I have done absolutely nothing to alter the settings concerned, either through about:config or by editing the prefs.js file. In particular, the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto key was missing from my setup. However I have several other keys that seem to be trying (and failing) to set yahoo.com as the mailto handler (even though I myself do not use yahoo). I have now created the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto key as suggested below and am about to restart firefox and see what happens. However the fact that I have had to go to an Ubuntu bug report to find out what on earth is going on shows that getting mailto working properly is beyond the capability of the average user. ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New If this is about yahoo, please open a new bug as this is about thunderbird. status invalid - Alexander ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Comment to Robert Persson: Assuming that your FF installationuses a new profile, all you have to do is select File - Send Link You will see a popup window with yahoo as the mail user agent default choice (for reasons that escape me). You also have the option to choose another application. Click to choose /usr/bin/thunderbird if that is your choice. Also remember to check the box at the bottom of the popup to make this selection permanent. You should be set after that. I think this is not so much a yahoo bug as a perplexing default choice for the default mail user agent using mailto links from within FF. In that sense, it is a default option that has been compiled into FF either by the Mozilla folks, or the Debian folks, or the Ubuntu folks. In any case, I would have thought that if a web-based mail user agent were chosen by default, it would be gmail. HTH -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
I have this problem even though I have done absolutely nothing to alter the settings concerned, either through about:config or by editing the prefs.js file. In particular, the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto key was missing from my setup. However I have several other keys that seem to be trying (and failing) to set yahoo.com as the mailto handler (even though I myself do not use yahoo). I have now created the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto key as suggested below and am about to restart firefox and see what happens. However the fact that I have had to go to an Ubuntu bug report to find out what on earth is going on shows that getting mailto working properly is beyond the capability of the average user. ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Thanks Oliver Brakmann that also fixed it for me. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Alright, so this works for me [tm] to fix this problem: Open firefox and enter about:config into the location bar. Set the filter to mailto. Locate the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto line, right-click and select reset. Close firefox. Open nautilus/thunar/whatever and go to your firefox profile directory (/home/user/.mozilla/firefox/some weird string/) There's a file called mimeTypes.rdf. Remove it (or rename it, if you're the cautious type). Start firefox again. Right-click anywhere and select Send Link A window should pop up that prompts you to choose your mailer application. Locate /usr/bin/thunderbird (or whatever is your preferred app). Click ok and the compose window should show up. For the curious: If you now take a look at the about:config page, you won't find the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto property anymore. It seems it is not used anymore in firefox 3, however having it still set after upgrading seems to seriously confuse firefox 3. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:23:10PM -, Oliver Brakmann wrote: Alright, so this works for me [tm] to fix this problem: Open firefox and enter about:config into the location bar. Set the filter to mailto. Locate the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto line, right-click and select reset. Close firefox. Open nautilus/thunar/whatever and go to your firefox profile directory (/home/user/.mozilla/firefox/some weird string/) There's a file called mimeTypes.rdf. Remove it (or rename it, if you're the cautious type). Start firefox again. Right-click anywhere and select Send Link A window should pop up that prompts you to choose your mailer application. Locate /usr/bin/thunderbird (or whatever is your preferred app). Click ok and the compose window should show up. For the curious: If you now take a look at the about:config page, you won't find the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto property anymore. It seems it is not used anymore in firefox 3, however having it still set after upgrading seems to seriously confuse firefox 3. What value do you have in that setting and what happens if you do the instructions above? what would you expect to happen? status incomplete - Alexander ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Thanks. This worked. Since I had already removed network.protocol-handler.app.mailto, editing it back in with thunderbird as the value, then following on with the rest solved the problem. In the process I cleaned up many other garbage files in .mozilla that must be from multiple earlier upgrades and updates. On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Oliver Brakmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alright, so this works for me [tm] to fix this problem: Open firefox and enter about:config into the location bar. Set the filter to mailto. Locate the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto line, right-click and select reset. Close firefox. Open nautilus/thunar/whatever and go to your firefox profile directory (/home/user/.mozilla/firefox/some weird string/) There's a file called mimeTypes.rdf. Remove it (or rename it, if you're the cautious type). Start firefox again. Right-click anywhere and select Send Link A window should pop up that prompts you to choose your mailer application. Locate /usr/bin/thunderbird (or whatever is your preferred app). Click ok and the compose window should show up. For the curious: If you now take a look at the about:config page, you won't find the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto property anymore. It seems it is not used anymore in firefox 3, however having it still set after upgrading seems to seriously confuse firefox 3. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. ** Attachment added: unnamed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14492886/unnamed -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 01:14:15PM -, rschlitz wrote: Thanks. This worked. Since I had already removed network.protocol-handler.app.mailto, editing it back in with thunderbird as the value, then following on with the rest solved the problem. In the process I cleaned up many other garbage files in .mozilla that must be from multiple earlier upgrades and updates. OK, I file this in the category profile broken for unknown reason ... not nice, but i guess its hard to reproduce now. status invalid - Alexander ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Hi Alexander, Alexander Sack wrote... What value do you have in that setting and what happens if you do the instructions above? what would you expect to happen? I think you misunderstood what I wrote. My previous entry was about how to fix this, not how to reproduce the problem. Still, to answer your questions: network.protocol-handler.app.mailto was set to /home/oliver/bin/mailto.sh. Then I ran the instructions that I outlined in my previous post. Afterwards, the network.protocol-handler.app.mailto line is gone from both the about:config page and the prefs.js file. However, mailto links now work. Cheers, Oliver -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 01:47:32PM -, Oliver Brakmann wrote: Hi Alexander, Alexander Sack wrote... What value do you have in that setting and what happens if you do the instructions above? what would you expect to happen? I think you misunderstood what I wrote. My previous entry was about how to fix this, not how to reproduce the problem. Still, to answer your questions: network.protocol-handler.app.mailto was set to /home/oliver/bin/mailto.sh. Then I ran the instructions that I outlined in my previous post. OK, most likely your mailto.sh script is buggy then. If you have no value in there it will use whatever you configured as default mailer in gnome preferences. status invalid - Alexander -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
I don't get it. Everytime I post a fix/workaround for a bug here on launchpad, the maintainer misunderstands what the problem is about and the bug report goes all to hell. Sorry, Chandra, for messing this up. So, do I really fail so miserably at making myself clear? Maybe I should just keep my workarounds to myself. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 02:21:10PM -, Oliver Brakmann wrote: I don't get it. Everytime I post a fix/workaround for a bug here on launchpad, the maintainer misunderstands what the problem is about and the bug report goes all to hell. Sorry, Chandra, for messing this up. So, do I really fail so miserably at making myself clear? Maybe I should just keep my workarounds to myself. it wasn't your comment that triggered this. if you look you see that i invalidated the bug in the post before as well. Workarounds much appreciated ... - Alexander -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Thank you very much Oliver. I did what you said, but it failed the first time because I have a user.js file as well in my profile, with the line: user_pref(network.protocol-handler.app.mailto,/usr/bin/thunderbird); I had to comment that out. After that your method worked like a charm. Many thanks :-) For the record, let me state what prompted my original launchpad bug report so that it does not get shelved and re-filed in another form: 1. Those of us who used the integrated Netscape, and later the Mozilla, suite several years ago had seamless integration when clicking a mailto link in the web browser opened a compose window in the email agent. That changed when the Mozilla suite was separated into Firefox and Thunderbird. 2. In Firefox 1.n, this functionality was restored using the method described at: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_mail_client#Setting_email_client_for_Firefox_in_Linux under the section Setting email client for Firefox in Linux 2. To ensure non-volatility between upgrades (for versions 1.n and 2.n), I created, in addition, a user.js file in my profile and had in it the single line: user_pref(network.protocol-handler.app.mailto,/usr/bin/thunderbird); 3. After the upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy when Firefox 2.0.0.14 was changed (without any warning to the user) to Firefox3.0b5, the mailto links that had been previously set to invoke Thunderbird simply stopped working. Hence my bug report. 4. For the record, I have also asked the same question as in this bug at: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki- view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=45594forumId=1 but have received no reply from there. [Oliver, would you like to post your workaround there please as well, in case it helps others?] 5. Now thanks to Oliver, and his workaround, it appears that the method of affiliating mimetypes and applications has changed from about:config settings (they are now not accessible without a warning) and instead employ the GUI method he has described. 6. As an afterthought, this problem and its solution might also be applicable to Firefox bugs in which people have reported losing their settings for helper applications such as PDF viewers. Thanks to everyone. -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
I upgraded 5 computers to kubuntu 8.04. Four showed a popup box when Send Link was pushed and allowed a choice for default mail program (thunderbird chosen) while the fifth gave the bug as described above, Here is the error message: Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIExternalProtocolService.loadUrl] nsresult: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) location: JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/browser.js :: anonymous :: line 5274 data: no] -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222944] Re: mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows
Same problem. Additionally, the Send Link does not do anything, except throwing an exception: Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIExternalProtocolService.loadUrl] nsresult: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) location: JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/browser.js :: anonymous :: line 5274 data: no] (shows up in the Error Console) My prefs.js has also user_pref(network.protocol-handler.app.mailto, /usr/bin/thunderbird); (which was the workaround to fix the same problem with kubunut 7.10) ** Tags added: gutsy2hardy -- mailto links in Firefox 3.0b5 do not open up Thunderbird compose windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
