mailto links from Chrome w/Thunderbird

[Frank McCormick]

On 04/04/2013 09:19 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
> 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.
>

   I'm stuck. Maybe http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/chrome 
<http://productforums.google.com/forum/#%21forum/chrome>
   can help


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