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[SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox

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Re: [SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2015, 03:37:29 PM »
 

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Thanks very much to everyone for their help.  The video link above as posted by Jerry solved my problem very neatly.  Linux Lite is a fascinating learning journey and continually proving to be an excellent OS.
 

Re: [SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2015, 12:12:14 PM »
 

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Every time I click on a link within the body of a Thunderbird email, Firefox opens to the homepage of steampowered.com.  I can't figure out why this is happening, and more important how I can get it to stop.  I just want to click on a link and have it work properly by going to the intended page; now I have to copy the link and paste it into a Firefox tab.  It seems that the smallest things are the most frustrating.  Can anyone help?
Some 3-4 years ago (while still running WinXP) my system contracted a root-kit + trojan virus. It hijacked my browser (Firefox) and XP's entire TCP-IP protocol stack, and kept sending me back to the very malware-site(s) i tried to get rid off. Though i eventually eradicated that infection, i had to pretty much rebuild my system all over again ...

So fwiw, my take is that SOMETHING 'jacked your FF and/or TB setup. Under linux, the only way that can happen is (a) during system updates, which require a root-pwd, or (b) during typical user-type operation. To isolate where/how this might have happened, let's look at FF first: can you access your POP3/IMAP email account directly via the browser? If so, then try to login to your ISP's mailserver and click on your mailserver-stored emails' hyperlinks and see if the links open up PROPERLY. If that works ok, i'd say that your browser's configuration is still good and we need to look at TB next. If it doesn't, you'd have to repair FF first b4 proceeding ...
 

Re: [SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2015, 10:39:51 PM »
 

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I suspect there is something "underneath" that steam altered to make TB opens their homepage.

TB support page is at

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird

TB geeks community is at

http://forums.mozillazine.org/
-> TB support

Take a look at

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/hyperlinks-in-messages-not-working

Sheng-Chieh
 

Re: [SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2015, 02:00:46 PM »
 

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Re: [SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2015, 01:50:09 PM »
 

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Thanks.  I checked through your reference and regrettably it did not help.  As you say, hopefully someone in the know will be able to help.  Appreciate your response.
 

Re: [SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2015, 04:57:02 PM »
 

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I don t use Thunderbird Mail myself , but someone in the know will give you a hand .

Might be the hyperlink s that settled to open steam s homepage .

This link can help you a bit here : http://en.kioskea.net/faq/1910-thunderbird-opening-http-links-in-firefox
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[SOLVED] Thunderbird Links Open Same Page in Firefox
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2015, 04:54:21 PM »
 

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Every time I click on a link within the body of a Thunderbird email, Firefox opens to the homepage of steampowered.com.  I can't figure out why this is happening, and more important how I can get it to stop.  I just want to click on a link and have it work properly by going to the intended page; now I have to copy the link and paste it into a Firefox tab.  It seems that the smallest things are the most frustrating.  Can anyone help?
« Last Edit: March 24, 2015, 10:46:42 AM by Scott(0) »
 

 

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