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Some people have problems using mailto links with Thunderbird. To fix the “choose user profile” problem, follow this howto.

THUNDERBIRD: Open with firefox an URL contained in an email

1. Open Nautilus and type this in the address bar: ~/.thunderbird (if that doesn’t work, try ~/.mozilla-thunderbird)
2. Go your profile directory (with a random-generated name, like this Xbcgev.default). To be sure you’re in the correct directory check if a file named prefs.js exists.
3. File > Create Document > Empty Document highlight it and press F2 to rename the document user.js (If it already exists skip this passage).
4. Open user.js and write this line (if the file already exists append the line at the end): user_pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.http”, “/usr/bin/firefox”); /usr/bin/firefox is obviously the path to execute firefox
5. That’s all

FIREFOX: open thunderbird when clicking on a “mailto:” link

1. Open Nautilus and type this in the address bar: ~/.mozilla/firefox (if that doesn’t work, try ~/.mozilla-thunderbird)
2. Go your profile directory (with a random-generated name, like this Xbcgev.default). To be sure you’re in the correct directory check if a file named prefs.js exists.
3. File > Create Document > Empty Document highlight it and press F2 to rename the document user.js (If it already exists skip this passage).
4. Open user.js and write this line (if the file already exists append the line at the end): user_pref(”network.protocol-handler.app.mailto”,”/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird”); /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird is the path to execute thunderbird
5. That’s all

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