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Howto open mailto's in Icedove from Iceweasel ?[Solved]

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Howto open mailto's in Icedove from Iceweasel ?[Solved]

#1 Post by PM »

How to start Icedove and open a blank letter when clicking on a mailto-link in iceweasel ?
I use Debian 4.0 and KDE.

How to fix it ?
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#2 Post by PM »

Ok, no solution yet ... :?

Where is the about:config file located, so I can go in manually and edit the file instead of doing it in iceweasel ?
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#3 Post by Red Knuckles »

Type 'about:config' in URL box. Then type 'mailto' In 'Filter' box and either change

'network.protocol-handler.app.mailto'

[modify] to '/usr/bin/icedove' or whichever mailclient/path you wish to use. OR ADD

'network.protocol-handler.app.mailto'

as 'string' and put '/usr/bin/icedove' as 'value'. To add right click in empty space in about:config window and select 'string'.

To set icedove to open iceweasel by default go to >Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Config Editor and type 'http' in filter line. Then either change or add 'network.protocol-handler.app.http' and use '/usr/bin/iceweasel' as value. Do the same for 'https' and 'ftp'. As before add as 'string'. If this doesn't quite make sense post back and I'll try again to explain. :shock:
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#4 Post by PM »

Red Knuckles wrote:Type 'about:config' in URL box. Then type 'mailto' In 'Filter' box and either change

'network.protocol-handler.app.mailto'

[modify] to '/usr/bin/icedove' or whichever mailclient/path you wish to use. OR ADD

'network.protocol-handler.app.mailto'

as 'string' and put '/usr/bin/icedove' as 'value'. To add right click in empty space in about:config window and select 'string'.

To set icedove to open iceweasel by default go to >Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Config Editor and type 'http' in filter line. Then either change or add 'network.protocol-handler.app.http' and use '/usr/bin/iceweasel' as value. Do the same for 'https' and 'ftp'. As before add as 'string'. If this doesn't quite make sense post back and I'll try again to explain. :shock:
Hi!

Thanks for reply ...

Ok, that worked fine !!!! :) After I messed around for a bit :roll:
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#5 Post by jongi »

Here's a strange thing.

When I use Firefox (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092416 Firefox/3.0.3) clicking on a mailto link opens the mail client specified in about:config.

However when using Iceweasel (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092816 Iceweasel/3.0.3 (Debian-3.0.3-2), nothing happens when I click a mailto link.
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