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Aegidius

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[SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Hi all!

My system default browser is Google Chrome and every application open links in it, except Thunderbird. How can I change it to le it opens link in Chrome?

Last edited by Aegidius (2011-11-19 10:44:59)

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Shark

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

In Thunderbird go to:
edit > preferencec > attachments

Then you will see http and https "content type" on the right side. Choose chromium as default on the right side.

Last edited by Shark (2011-11-18 21:32:26)

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Aegidius

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Thank you for the answer.

That's what I see:

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Shark

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Weird. Mine looks:
http://imageupload.org/?d=AAFD4F5C1

Last edited by Shark (2011-11-18 21:43:03)

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Aegidius

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

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Shark

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Solution:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129258

You can also try this solution:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=122327

Last edited by Shark (2011-11-18 22:57:07)

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Aegidius

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Thank you very much
This worked!

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Yamashita Ren

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Years later, I'm facing the same problem.

Solution:
You can also try this solution:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=122327

This works but I wanted to know more about the underlying issue.
This link explains everything :
https://kevinlocke.name/bits/2012/07/18 … ser-linux/

Last edited by Yamashita Ren (2016-09-25 22:44:14)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] How to open links in Chrome with Thunderbird

Please don't necrobump, especially solved threads: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

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