I'm having this issue on a Karmic upgrade from Jaunty. I had
Thunderbird 2 and recently started using Thunderbird 3. Links worked in
Thunderbird 2, but not in 3. The suggested network.protocol-handler
changes suggested don't fix my problem
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Thunderbird doesn't open http link in firefox
https
Try Feed Flipper as a workaround. It's a free online service that
converts an iTunes podcast into a RSS feed which can be subscribed to
from any RSS news reader.
Feed Flipper: http://picklemonkey.net/flipper/convert.php
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Rhythmbox can't add iTunes podcast
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35464