How To Integrate Firefox and Thunderbird

[gelex]

To integrate Firefox and Thunderbird installed from PBI:

For Thunderbird:

1. Open Konqueror. Click View in the menubar then select Show Hidden Files if it is not yet selected.

2. Navigate to your profile directory: /home/<username>/.thunderbird/<RandomString.default>

3. Right-click the file prefs.js and select Open With->KWrite.

4. Add the following lines to the file:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/Programs/Firefox1.5.0.6/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/Programs/Firefox1.5.0.6/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/Programs/Firefox1.5.0.6/bin/firefox");

5 Save and Exit.

From now on clicking on any link in your mails or in the Thunderbird interface will open Firefox.

For Firefox:

1. Open Konqueror. Click View in the menubar then select Show Hidden Files if it is not yet selected.

2. Navigate to your profile directory: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/<RandomString.default>

3. Right-click the file prefs.js and select Open With->KWrite.

4. Add the following line to the file:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/Programs/Thunderbird1.5.0.5/bin/thunderbird");

5 Save and Exit.

From now on clicking on any mailto link in any page in Firefox will open the Thunderbird Compose Window. The File->Send Link and the Tools->New Message in Firefox will also open the Thunderbird Compose Window, except for the Tools->Read Mail which doesn't function.

If you are using other versions of Firefox and Thunderbird PBIs or if you have them installed from ports, just substitute
the appropriate path names.

NOTE: Don't edit the pref.js file while Firefox or Thunderbird is running because it will override the file when it exits.

[antik]

To integrate Firefox and Thunderbird installed from PBI:


Emm... install SeaMonkey instead???

[map7]

Here is the lines if you like to use konqueror

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/local/bin/konqueror");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/local/bin/konqueror");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/local/bin/konqueror");

I suggest for firefox you use the link in /usr/local/bin/firefox instead, so if there is an update you don't have to change this file:

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/local/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/local/bin/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/local/bin/firefox");