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

[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 ?

[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 ?

[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.

[PM]

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.

Hi!

Thanks for reply ...

Ok, that worked fine !!!! After I messed around for a bit

[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.