[PLUG] Handling 'mailto:' Response in Firefox

[Derek Loree]

How about right clicking on the link and select the "copy link" option?

Derek

> On Feb 26, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> 
>   When I want to send a message to an e-mail address presented on a Web page
> I try to copy the text into alpine. Invariably, that text is a link and more
> often than not my attempts to block it with the pointer for copying results
> in link activation. This brings up Opera as the MUA; I don't use Opera or
> any other browser for e-mail.
> 
>   The ideal solution is to have firefox ignore the link when accidently
> clicked. I've not (yet) found how to do this.
> 
>   When I searched about:config for email, opera, messages and similar
> strings I saw nothing that looked like a user-selectable switch to either
> turn off the invocation of a browser-mail interface or change Opera to
> alpine.
> 
>   Several web search attempts to find a solution also turned up barren.
> 
>   Please provide ideas, suggestions, and thoughts on how I can resolve this
> situation.
> 
> Rich
> 
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