409026 - KB article: Using webmail as your e-mail client

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 438860

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Articles, task)

Description

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

Source: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_webmail_as_your_email_client

For some reason, WebmailCompose is back in the sandbox.

There may also be GreaseMonkey scripts to do this as described at http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=103810&postdays=0&postorder=asc&postsperpage=15&start=300

Comment 1

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

Some info from kbrosnan: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=1502&topics_offset=2&topics_sort_mode=lastPost_desc&forumId=1

Comment 2

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Built into Fx3? Anyone got more info on the built-in functionality of this in Fx3?

Comment 3

[Kevin Brosnan]

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler should cover it.

Comment 4

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding it, but it looks to me like there's no way for a user to set it.

Comment 5

[myles7897]

I can take this one. is yahoo the only choice?

Comment 6

[myles7897]

review: http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Using+webmail+as+your+e-mail+client

Oh, and I found a easy way for gmail. thanks to Lifehacker.

Comment 7

[Majken Connor [:Kensie]]

Isn't this duplication of setting the default email client?

Comment 9

[myles7897]

you already deleted the article? I was going to update "Change the e-mail program used by Firefox" for all the content I had.

Comment 10

[Majken Connor [:Kensie]]

Did you mean the site specific content?

Comment 11

[myles7897]

I mean, like gmail and I thought that the instructions were better layed out.