This works as expected here. It's more than likely a local configuration issue. Could you please attach the mimeTypes.rdf file from your Thunderbird profile, and also your ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.
Please use Apport when submitting Mozilla bugs in future (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs). I generally close all bugs that aren't submitted in this way ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Milestone: ubuntu-13.04-feature-freeze => None -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1110348 Title: Thunderbird always uses Firefox to open links, also if the default browser is changed to Chromium Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have switched to Chromium as default browser, update-manager and also the Amazon icon in the Launcher respect this change, but if I click a link in an e-mail in Thunderbird Firefox gets always called. I have already tried to restart Thunderbird, to log out and log in again, and even to reboot. Links in e-mails always fire up Firefox. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1110348/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
