how to put mozilla linking to a email client?

DonPete · Post by **DonPete** » July 31st, 2003, 11:03 pm

mmodem wrote:i use firebird 0.6.1 and thnderbird0.1 and i cant put thunderbird working from the mozex extension

/usr/local/thunderbird/thunderbird %s %a

i use mandrake 9.1 with kde

i also tried to put thunderbird as the default email and nothing works

This is the exact command I use in mozex to open Thunderbird:

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/home/donpete/bin/MozillaThunderbird/thunderbird -P default -compose mailto:%a?subject=%s

It works fine for me. You might have to tinker with MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME in Thunderbird though (I had to).

daihard · Post by **daihard** » July 31st, 2003, 11:08 pm

DonPete wrote:This is the exact command I use in mozex to open Thunderbird:
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/home/donpete/bin/MozillaThunderbird/thunderbird -P default -compose mailto:%a?subject=%s
It works fine for me. You might have to tinker with MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME in Thunderbird though (I had to).

Ah, using "mailto" there was the trick! I tried your command and it works perfectly.

DonPete · Post by **DonPete** » July 31st, 2003, 11:14 pm

daihard wrote:Ah, using "mailto" there was the trick! I tried your command and it works perfectly.

Yeah, it took me a while to figure it out, too. I was trying to figure out why Thunderbird wasn't taking the arguments when I saw that one of Thunderbird's options was "-mail <url>". It was the "url" part that finally made it click for me.

daihard · Post by **daihard** » July 31st, 2003, 11:19 pm

DonPete wrote:
daihard wrote:Ah, using "mailto" there was the trick! I tried your command and it works perfectly.

Yeah, it took me a while to figure it out, too. I was trying to figure out why Thunderbird wasn't taking the arguments when I saw that one of Thunderbird's options was "-mail <url>". It was the "url" part that finally made it click for me.

That's exactly where I got stuck. I figured that I'd need to use the "-compose" option, but it never occurred to me that <url> could be replaced with mailto:<address>. I owe you one!

mmodem · Post by **mmodem** » August 1st, 2003, 12:16 pm

dont know what to do more!?!
i tryed all the option that are in the posts and thunderbird cont function throught mozex ext
im getting crazy

daihard · Post by **daihard** » August 1st, 2003, 12:22 pm

mmodem wrote:dont know what to do more!?!
i tryed all the option that are in the posts and thunderbird cont function throught mozex ext
im getting crazy

Well if you want me to try out, you have to wait till I get home today. My Linux box at work doesn't have Thunderbird. In the meantime, did you try DonPete's suggestion?

mmodem · Post by **mmodem** » August 1st, 2003, 12:26 pm

i said i tried all the options that are in the posts

/usr/local/thunderbird/thunderbird %s %a

/usr/local/thunderbird/thunderbird -P default -compose mailto:%a?subject=%s

and made other variantions

asterix · Post by **asterix** » August 1st, 2003, 12:30 pm

i tried your command, in a shell it works, but when i click on a mailto link, i have this error :
run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute /home/asterix/firebird/MozillaFirebird/thunderbird-bin.

I think the probleme is with the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME variable, but if i set it to /home/asterix/thunderbird in run-mazilla.sh, i can't lunch firebird anymore

Asterix

wheerdam · Post by **wheerdam** » August 1st, 2003, 12:30 pm

It works if Thunderbird isn't already running...

daihard · Post by **daihard** » August 1st, 2003, 12:43 pm

mmodem wrote:i said i tried all the options that are in the posts

Could you please take that chip off your shoulder? I am just making sure.

asterix · Post by **asterix** » August 1st, 2003, 12:48 pm

not with me, always the same message, it doesn't search thunderbird-bin in the good directory

Asterix

kkapoor · Post by **kkapoor** » August 1st, 2003, 2:08 pm

Hi,

Could someone help me out with the correct syntax for allowing firebird to open Outlook for email in windows using this plugin.

thanks

daihard · Post by **daihard** » August 1st, 2003, 3:11 pm

kkapoor wrote:Hi,

Could someone help me out with the correct syntax for allowing firebird to open Outlook for email in windows using this plugin.

thanks

Oh no, that's a bad mix and match!

rogerwilco · Post by **rogerwilco** » August 1st, 2003, 11:44 pm

nevermind

YFan · Post by **YFan** » August 2nd, 2003, 12:02 am

YFan wrote:Actually I just tested it (with TB's directory of course) and it works perfectly well with mozex, at least for the mailto intercepting.

Oops, I take that back. I tried with /program files/Thunderbird/thunderbird.exe %s %a ... but it didn't work. It worked initially after putting that in, but that is only because my Folder Type modification was still in effect. When I tried to put something in bogus testing to make sure mozex was indeed intercepting Mailto links, and then put back my directory, it didn't work. So I am back to square one. What is the "bin"?

PS: My problem is that I don't understand the usr/bin stuff. If they are just a random directory and supposed to be replaced with some other directory, please tell me which directory (or what's in it -- the TB exe file or what).

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