Browser settings in Linux-Thunderbird

If you are using linux-thunderbird on FreeBSD (for Flash support for instance), you have probably noticed that thunderbird does not open a web browser when you click on a URL. This may be annoying when you are reading mails containing Web addresses. It is more annoying when you want to add new extensions and/or themes and/or dictionaries.

The simplest way to have support for web browser in linux-thunderbird is the following:
Copy the following three lines in you "user.js" file (in your Thunderbird profile directory):

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

Thunderbird should now open Firefox when you click on a Web link within Thunderbird.

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