mailto links from Chrome w/Thunderbird

[Frank McCormick]

On 04/04/2013 07:34 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 04/04/2013 06:19 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
>> On 04/04/2013 06:17 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
>>> If I click on a mailto link in Firefox, Thunderbird opens up a new email
>>> with "user at domain.com" in the address field. If I click on the same link
>>> in Chrome, Thunderbird displays "mailto:user at domain.com" in the address
>>> field.
>>>
>>> Anyone have an idea where in Chrome I might fix this?
>>>
>>>
>> http://thelinuxsite.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/how-to-make-chromiumchrome-launch-thunderbird-when-clicking-on-mailto-links/#more-1875
>>
>>
>>    Do all the steps and your troubles should be over...even if you don't
>> use Gnome. I use Chrome and T'bird and it works fine for me.
>>
>>    YMMV
>>
> The steps:
>
> mkdir -p ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto
>
>      Directory already exists
>
> gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command -t string
> 'thunderbird %s'
>
>      This is already set
>
> gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/enabled -t bool true
>
>       likewise, already set
>
>   sudo sed 's/open_generic "${mailto}"/open_gnome "${mailto}"/' -i
> /usr/bin/xdg-email
>
>        entry already exists
>
>
> As I mentioned, it's not that mailto links aren't opening TBird, it's
> that an extra mailto: gets put in as part of the adress, but only with
> Chrome. Firefox works as expected.
>

    My only suggestion at this point is to run gconf-editor and check 
that /desktop/gnome/urlhandlers for mailto is set to
thunderbird %s

There was a bug in xdg-mail sometime ago but that has been fixed for a 
while.



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