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Firefox 15.0.1 on Slackware 14.0 will not use Thunderbird 15.0.1 as default email.

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wevl
wevl

Edit->Preferences->mailto is set to "Use thunderbird (default) If I set Edit->Preferences->mailto to "Use Yahoo! Mail, that works.

In KDE I set the "Use a different email client: to /usr/bin/thunderbird. If I enter /usr/bin/thunderbird in a console, thunderbird starts.

Edit->Preferences->mailto is set to "Use thunderbird (default) If I set Edit->Preferences->mailto to "Use Yahoo! Mail, that works. In KDE I set the "Use a different email client: to /usr/bin/thunderbird. If I enter /usr/bin/thunderbird in a console, thunderbird starts.

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finitarry
finitarry

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_mail_client

wevl
wevl Tompon'ny fanontaniana

No, that didn't help. I had already set Firefox, Thunderbird and KDE to use Thunderbird as the instructions in the link. Thanks though, for your reply. Wayne

wevl
wevl Tompon'ny fanontaniana

Is there a way to debug this stuff and find out just where it's not working? WEVL

finitarry
finitarry

No idea. Setting Thunderbird as the default mail client and setting it up in Firefox as the mailto application worked for me, but I use Mac OS, not Linux.