[Users] Firefox and Claws Mail

[wwp]

Hello John,


On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:35:19 -0800 John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:

> Claws Mail 3.9.0 on Fedora 16 x86_64. 
> 
> For a long time I have had "Claws-Mail" as the application for Firefox
> to use for sending an e-mail when I double-click on a mailto link in a
> web page.
> 
> It still works, but suddenly now it opens a new instance of Claws Mail
> as well as the Compose window. I really don't need this proliferation
> of windows. If i close the new instance of Claws Mail it also closes
> the Compose window. After composing and sending the message the new
> instance of Claws Mail remains active. 
> 
> I looked in Claws Mail Preferences to see if there was a "use only one
> instance" setting, but there doesn't appear to be such an option. 
> 
> Does anyone know a way to make the mailto link open a Compose window
> without creating a new instance of Claws Mail as well? Perhaps a change
> to the setting in Firefox? 

This is something I could reproduce on CentOS6.

What's your desktop and firefox preferences towards mail program
opening?

See: firefox/edit/preferences/application and search 'mailto'.
See: gnome menu/system/preferences/preferred applications/mail reader


Regards,

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wwp
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