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Re: [Full-disclosure] Flaw in Firefox 3.0: protocol-handler.warn-external are ignored

From: Daniel Veditz (dveditzcruzio.com)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2008 - 19:20:53 CDT


Daniel Veditz wrote:
> carl hardwick wrote:
>> I set network.protocol-handler.warn-external.mailto to 'true', clicked
>> on an e-mail link and Windows Mail is launched without any warnings
>
> That state is now saved elsewhere and managed through the "Applications"
> tab of the preferences dialog

The developer of this new way to manage the association (including the
ability to hook mailto: links to your preferred webmail site) said it was
not intended to obsolete those prefs. This is indeed a bug.

Filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440892

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