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[Micah Gersten <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu.  I tested this with a clean
profile in Firefox and clicked on a link from Thunderbird twice and it
opened in the same instance without issue.  This was only with the local
Firefox, I have not tested the remote case.  Do you experience this
issue with a clean profile?

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917533

Title:
  cannot open links from Thunderbird in Firefox 9.0.1

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  From
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webdeveloper/+bug/904594/comments/10:

  I'm having trouble opening links from Thunderbird in Firefox 9.0.1,
  and discovered that the problem is with Firefox.

  Consider the following command:

      firefox http://www.ubuntu.com

  If Firefox is already running, this should open the web site in a new
  tab or window. With 9.0.1, it opens the ProfileManager (I have
  multiple profiles). If I force a particular profile (with "-P
  default"), it tells me that "Firefox is already running."

  I did an ssh into another machine, and started firefox-3.6.24 with
  "-no-remote". Now I have two Firefox sessions running, v9.0.1 on my
  workstation and v3.6.24 on a remote machine. Then, when I run "firefox
  http://www.ubuntu.com"; in an xterm on my workstation. Lo and behold,
  www.ubuntu.com is opened on the remote Firefox v3.6.24, NOT on the
  local Firefox v9.0.1, which was actually started first.

  Any ideas how to fix this? I cannot roll out v9.0.1 to all my
  Thunderbird users until this issue is resolved...

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