Integrating Firefox and Thunderbird
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Hello all. I just found this really cool extension today (launchy.xpi) that will help you integrate Firefox and Thunderbird so that right-clicking on mailto links in firefox will spawn the appropriate thunderbird composer window, and right-clicking on a link in a mail message in thunderbird will spawn the appropriate session in firefox.
The home page for the extension is here:
http://gemal.dk/mozilla/launchy.html
First "right click" on the launchy.xpi file and download it to your desktop or where ever you want. Next "File / Open" (files of type: "all") the launchy.xpi to install it in thunderbird. You can actually just install it directly from the webpage with Firefox.
Then create the following launchy.xml files which will each be placed in the "chrome" directory of either application:
For instance my file is located here:
/home/hap0/.mozilla-thunderbird/3usnwx65.default/chrome/launchy.xml
And contains the following:
<br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br /><configurations xmlns="http://launchy.mozdev.org/configurations"><br /> <application><br /> <label>Firefox</label><br /> <type>1</type><br /> <command>/usr/bin/firefox</command><br /> </application><br /></configurations><br />
And for Firefox my file is located here:
/home/hap0/.mozilla/firefox/iztzis5z.default/chrome/launchy.xml
And contained:
<br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br /><configurations xmlns="http://launchy.mozdev.org/configurations"><br /> <application><br /> <label>Thunderbird</label><br /> <type>2</type><br /> <command>/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird</command><br /> </application><br /></configurations><br />
And this apparently be set up to spawn just about any application I guess. I just wanted these at the moment.
How do I change the values?
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How do you change these values? Where are they?
Looking at about:config I see:
"network.protocol-handler.external.mailto"
not "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto"
Is there a file somewhere I edit, or do I do it from the
about:config screen??? If so, how?
Where do I create the user.js file? Or is it already
somewhere and I have to edit that file?
To change the setting in fi
Posts: 2299
To change the setting in firefox, you actually have to go to the about:config screen, and right click to create a new string. This should be called network.protocol...... etc.
The user.js file for thunderbird should be created in the profile directory.
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Mozilla mail
Posts: 88
Is there a way I can get Thunderbird to to transfer all of my Mozilla mail items in the mail/default folder.
I would like to switch to Pro Mepis but would like to keep my mail intact.TIA
Oh Joy
Posts: 88
I think I have found the answer to my own question. This is for anyone else lookong for the same.
http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/faq.html#q2.2
Thanks for submitting this.
Posts: 2299
Thanks for submitting this. However, I'm not sure this is actually easier than setting network.protocol-handler.app.mailto to 'mozilla-thunderbird' in firefox (about:config) and creating a user.js file in the Thunderbird profile folder with the following lines:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http","mozilla-firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https","mozilla-firefox");
But hey, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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