[ale] mailto is not a registered protocol......HUH ?

[Robert Heaven]

OK, that worked for opening the Evolution application but, how do you
get it to also open a new mail message and put the email address you
just clicked into the To: field?


On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 09:24 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:

> Real easy...
> 
> Your browser doesn't know what  to do with the mailto: appendage on the
> link you are clicking.  To know what to do, the browser needs an extension
> to show it what to do.  (I'm assuming Firefox here, since that's where I've
> seen it before)
> 
> To launch Evolution on clicking mailto: URLs:
> 
> To resolve 'mailto is not a registered protocol' in firefox complete the
> following steps (courtesy of D0M1N8R, viper400 & PJJ):
> 
> 
> In a blank location bar instead of URL type:
> about:config
> 
> That will bring up a list of preferences.
> 
> Right click, select New > String
> 
> in the New String Value window
> 
> Enter the preference name
> 
> > network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
> 
> click OK
> 
> in the Enter string value window
> 
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto enter
> 
> > /usr/bin/evolution (or wherever your executable evolution file is located)
> 
> click OK
> 
> Now, when a Firefox e-mail link is selected Evolution opens.
> 
> 
> 
> There is also an extension that *I* like to use with Mozilla/Firefox that
> will allow you to specify a mailto: handler very easily.  It's called MozEx
> and I found it here:
> 
> https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefo
> x&version=0.7&os=Windows&numpg=50&id=40
> 
> (I hope that works for you).
> 
> Love it!
> 
> 
> I hope that helps.
> 
> 
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