setting firefox about:config to invoke or start mutt when clicking a mailto: link

[jkinz@xxxxxxxx]

To setup firefox to invoke mutt when clicking a "mailto:"; link: 

#1 - goto the "about:config:" page in firefox by placing
     about:config in the address bar.

#2 - right click anywhere on the page and select "new" and 
     then "string"

#3 - enter the string :
              network.protocol-handler.app.mailto 
     into the new string field and click OK.

#4 - paste the string 
              network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
     into the "filter" field (at the top) 

#5 - when that single entry appears right click on the value
     entry for it and select "modify"  

#6 - enter the pathname of the script you created to run mutt in
     some kind of xterm window.  "/usr/bin/mutt" won't cut it.

     Mine is "/usr/local/bin/mailtomutt"  which is based on a
     script I found on the web somewhere (sorry I have forgotten
     who made it but I give that person credit whoever they are.)

The script is a little slow. It has 14 or so spawned processes
which could be replaced by internal Bash parameter
expansions.  Here is script I found on the web; modified to 
invoke mutt under the KDE konsole terminal app:

#!/bin/bash
MAILTO_URL="$1"

#Strip off the protocol
MAIL_DATA=$(echo "$MAILTO_URL" | /bin/sed -s 's/^mailto://')

#Get Recipient and strip it off
RECIPIENT=$(echo "$MAIL_DATA" | cut -d? -f1 -)
MAIL_DATA=$(echo "$MAIL_DATA" | /bin/sed -s s/^$RECIPIENT//)

#Get Subject,BCC, and CC
SUBJECT=$(echo "$MAIL_DATA" | /bin/sed -s 's/.*?subject=//' \
| /bin/sed -s 's/?.*//')
BCC=$(echo "$MAIL_DATA" | /bin/sed -s 's/.*?bcc=//' | /bin/sed -s 's/?.*//')
CC=$(echo "$MAIL_DATA" | /bin/sed -s 's/.*?cc=//' | /bin/sed -s 's/?.*//')

# Call mutt in a term
/usr/bin/konsole -e /usr/bin/mutt "$RECIPIENT" -b "$BCC" -c "$CC" -s "$SUBJECT"

################## END ####################################

It's very slow to pop up the mutt window, so I'm sure I'll eventually
upgrade those $( echo blah | sed ) transforms to PE expressions, unless
I come across a better solution in the meantime.

The first goal was just to get "something" working so I could
respond to ads on craigslist with a single click... :) 

Jeff Kinz.


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