Thunderbird hyperlinks won't work
- gilloz
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Thunderbird hyperlinks won't work
The hyperlinks that I get in email s will not take me to the website. Actually, nothing happens when I click on them. I am using Thunderbird version 2.0.0.6 in Mepis Linux 6.5. Some one mentioned that I had to create a shell script or something like that. Not sure I know what that is. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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- DanRaisch
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You need to set a default browser as that is what Thunderbird calls when you click on a link. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser
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- Daifne
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(Thanks to Paolo)
Put these lines in user.js file, in your Thunderbird profile:
Of course change the path of the firefox executable, if yours is not /usr/bin/firefox.
Ciao, Paolo
http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js
Put these lines in user.js file, in your Thunderbird profile:
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user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox");
Of course change the path of the firefox executable, if yours is not /usr/bin/firefox.
Ciao, Paolo
http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js
- gilloz
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Well, I have tried the above code: and it didn't work. BTW, I don't have a user.js file. I have a pref.js file instead. I did change the last part to /home/gilloz/firefox and still nothing. Although, if I go directly to /home/gilloz/firefox and double click on the firefox file, the website opens up. Looks like I am going to have to teach myself how to write a shell script file of some sort and use that instead. I honestly don't know what else to do or even ask. I am totally lost. Thanks anyway Dan & Daifne for your responses.
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- gilloz
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Could the fact that I have two Firefox versions installed be my problem? My originial Firefox when I installed Linux Mepis 6.5 was 2.0.0.3. When I tried to update Firefox to 2.0.0.8 I had some problems doing it, but in the end if finally worked. But, I also noticed that when I went into my files and double clicked on a Firefox file, it would open up to the 2.0.0.3 version. Matter of fact, when I go through All Applications, Browse All, Apps, Net and then Mozilla Firefox, it goes to the older version. BTW, the older version of Firefox is always listed as Mozilla Firefox in various folders. The new version is listed as Firefox only. I think I screwed up somewhere when I tried to update Firefox. Again, could the fact that I have 2 Firefox versions cause this present problem?
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- gilloz
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Ok guys, my problem is solved. Here is the feedback. I posted a similar thread in the Linux Mepis 6.5 forums. I got a reply on how to go about it in 4 steps. I opened up my Thunderbird program, clicked on Edit in the toolbar, then selected Preferences, then I clicked on the button Config Editor and added, as a string, the code above that Daifne gave me from Paolo. That was it. It works great. I went back and deleted the user.js file I created and another file called openlink.sh that I also created from another forum, and everything still works fine. I want to thank you folks for your inputs. I hope this helps someone else out. Thanks again.
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