Thunderbird links not working
For some time now I have been having a bit of a problem with Thunderbird. Whenever I clicked on a link within a mail, it opened a new Firefox window but defaulted to the home page.
I got tired of copying and pasting links so searched for a solution. As usual, my search returned loads of solutions, none of which worked. The main cure given was to force both Firefox and Thunderbird to declare themselves as the default. No good.
The solution is (as always) simple.
In Thunderbird, open Preferences –> Advanced. Select the General tab and click on “Config Editor..”. You will get a warning which you accept. This brings up the “About:config” window.
Scroll down to (or search for) “network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http”. Right click and select “Toggle” (i.e. set the value to “True”). Do the same for ““network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https”.
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Next time you click on a link within a mail you will be asked to choose an application. Select Firefox (default location – /usr/bin/firefox ). Select “Remember my choice…” and the problem is solved.
I'm using 17.0.8, according to Thunderbird. I've not had that problem, but I now know how to fix it if the problem arises in the future. Thanks for the tip. 🙂
Thank you very much.. After A LOT of searching through the internet, I found your solution and it worked for me.. Strange, that prior to doing your steps, the config for the helper app had shown my firefox installation /opt/firefox/firefox for both protocols, so I had deleted them out… And then after toggling the two values you pointed out, and re-identifying the application, it comes up now stating "Use firefox".. And both protocols work.. Thanks again..