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

Jerald Sheets jsheets at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 9 19:18:42 EDT 2005


Like I said before, I?d go for the little extension/application I linked.
That?s what I typically do.
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> 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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