mailto links from Chrome w/Thunderbird

[Steven Stern]

On 04/04/2013 07:29 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
It is.  It's got to be something to do with Chrome, but I can't find any
setting there.

-- 
-- Steve