298536 - links in email open Internet Explorer windows instead of Firefox browser tabs

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[mike bee]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

when I click on a URL link in an email message Thunderbird used to open the link
in a Firefox tab; but since 6/19/05 Thunderbird now opens an IE window, and I no
longer see any content.
I just downloaded the lastest build 1.0.2 6/22 and built a new profile, but the
problem still remains.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open an email with a URL link in it, e.g
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile#locate
2.click on the link to see the information


Actual Results:  
Thunderbird opens a window in IE 

Expected Results:  
open the link in a Firefox tab.

I have enjoyed this Firefox/Thunderbird capability for a long time, 
but now I have to: 
1. create a new tab
2. copy the link URL into the tab
3. start the URL
4. finally go back to the email I was reading 

PLEASE RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM

THANKS

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Make sure you have set Firefox as your default browser.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

See bug 271756

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

No response from reporter => WFM