Thunderbird additional configuration

[martyman99999@…]

I am not sure if this is a Hint or Additional Configuration. That's an editorial decision. It seems to me like something most people would want to do.

Thunderbird needs a little tweak in order to be able to open web pages from mail messages by clicking on the link.

Append to ~/.thunderbird/*.default/prefs.js of each user

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "<path to browser>");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "<path to browser>");

If you install /usr/bin/fftab as follows and make it <path to browser>, then these pages will open as new tabs in Firefox.

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script allows external apps to open new URLs in a new tab in Firefox
# or open a new instance of Firefox if it isn't already started.
#

/usr/bin/firefox -a firefox -remote "OpenURL($@,new-tab)"

exec /usr/bin/firefox "$@";

[Randy McMurchy]

There are already instuctions in the Thunderbird configuration section to do this. And the existing instructions do it the way it is supposed to do it, not with a script hack.

Thanks for the input Marty, but I believe this one is covered already. Closing the bug.