Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] mailto links can't be handler. icecat 17.01

[Nikita Zlobin]

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Need to do more tests later.

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:13:37 +0100
DNS <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 11.02.2013 12:03, Nikita Zlobin wrote:
> > I have icecat 17.0.1 from ppa on launchpad.net. When i click on
> > mailto link, nothing happens, though i have to copy link and paste
> > in where it should appear. I compared with what is available in
> > firefox. Firefox has application handler for mailto, which for me
> > is set to claws-mail. Icecat doesn't have it. However, it is not
> > settings. I compared settings on about:config page, filtered by
> > 'mailto' word, and three mailto handlers are found in both. But in
> > firefox they are set to Yandex, Mail.Ru and yet another webmail
> > apps. In icecat they all are
> > "chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties". Other settings
> > are same. --
> > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
> > 
> 
> I can not reproduce your problem, i use Trisquel 6.0 here (which is
> based on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)) and i have IceCat 17.0.1 installed as
> well. If i click on a mailto link then Thunderbird opens fine here.
> 
> Which distro/version do you use and which email client do you use?
> 

I have ubuntu 12.04, icecat is from ppa, maintained by gnuzilla team.
I get same under other users as well and with safe mode too.

Do you have mailto entry in Applications settings part tab? (where all
file handlers can be selected).