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

[Michael Hirsch]

On Apr 9, 2005 7:00 PM, Jerald Sheets <jsheets at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Like I said before, I'd go for the little extension/application I linked. 
> That's what I typically do.

Didn't work for my version of Firefox.  It only supports up to 0.9. 
I'm surprised that there is no more recent build.

Michael

>  
> From: Robert Heaven <robertheaven at earthlink.net>
>  Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>  Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:03:06 -0400
>  To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>  Subject: Re: [ale] mailto is not a registered protocol......HUH ?
>  
>  
>  
> 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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