thunderbird and web links

[KevinO]

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Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:41:09PM -0700, KevinO wrote:
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>> Nathan England wrote:
>>> I have a dozen machines with thunderbird as the mail client and none of them 
>>> can open web links inside emails. This spans across windows and linux 
>>> desktops, none of which work!
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>> 1) Install the "about:config" extension for T-Bird.
>>
>> 2) Use it to add (by right clicking in the window, then choosing new -> string)
>> the following two strings.
>>
>> Preference Name                     Value
>>
>> network.protocol-handler.app.http         /usr/local/bin/firefox
>>
>> network.protocol-handler.app.https        /usr/local/bin/firefox
>>
>> Use the correct path to your web browser for the 'Value'.
> 
> Ah, yes. That's it! I did this on my wife's computer a week or two ago
> and she's been much happier.
> 
> Note that at least with newer versions of T-bird there's an Advanced
> button somewhere that'll bring up ye old about:config stuff, so you no
> longer need to add an extension. (Can't tell you exactly where just now,
> as I'm not using T-bird here)
> 
Aha!  Edit -> Preferences -> General tab -> Config Editor

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