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Re: How do I get Firefox to use Sylpheed as e-mail client?

  • Subject: Re: How do I get Firefox to use Sylpheed as e-mail client?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:11:15 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Manchester University
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__/ On Sunday 28 August 2005 21:54, [David L. Johnson] wrote : \__

> On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:11:27 -0400, John-Paul Stewart wrote:
>
> I can't find a way to convince firefox to use Sylpheed as my e-mail client
> when I click on a mailto:  link. 
> 
> <SNIP>
>
>> Sure there is.  Type "about:config" in the address bar.  That'll show
>> you a page with the browser's current settings.  Look for the item
>> "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto".  If you can't find it, click the
>> "show all" button (which should be at right, just under the toolbar).
> 
> Well, it wasn't there.  there were a number of the sort
> 
> network.protocol-handler.external
> 
> including one  *.mailto
> 
> which was a boolean, set to true
> 
> I added the one you said,
> 
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto  user-set string  sylpheed --compose
> 
> with no effect.

The entry "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto" will not exist by default.
Add it and put the call to your mail application in an external script.
See, for example, the Thunderbird-Firefox equivalent:

http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/06/11/linux-firefox-and-thunderbird/

Hope it helps,

Roy

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