As of Firefox 1.0.6 (Debian), FF still does not respond to email links in webpages. I have no clue why configuration of an external email program isn’t built into FF’s preferences yet, but it’s simple enough to configure if you haven’t already done so.
(1.) Open Firefox, type “about:config” (no quotes) in the address window, and click enter.
(2.) Right click on the window and choose <New>, then <String> from the pop-up menu that appears.
(3.) In the first pop-up box, enter: “network.protocol-handler.app.mailto” (no quotes, and it might just be easier to cut ‘n paste this into the box).
(4.) In the next pop-up box enter the path to Thunderbird, or another email client (e.g. “/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird”).
That should do it. If not:
(1.) Verify that your path to the email application is correct (e.g. “whereis mozilla-thunderbird” from a console window)
(2.) In about:config verify that “network.protocol-handler.external.mailto” is set as Boolean / True (that’s the default AFAIK, so this shouldn’t be set to False unless you’ve changed it).
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