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Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app

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On 29/03/2023 05:01, John Boxall wrote:
> I am trying to launch Thunderbird as my calendar application when 
> opening a webcal link.

Your description is too general, it lacks details. E.g. you did not 
provide exact commands and their output that you use to check that 
defaults are set properly.

> This happens in both Chrome and Firefox.

Open web development tools, switch to the network tab, click on the 
link, check MIME type in server response headers.

In Firefox check application associations in preferences (settings).

If you save link target to disk, can you open the downloaded file by 
thunderbird directly and by xdg-open? What is MIME type reported by the 
"file" utility?

> I am running Debian 10/Buster with all of the latest updates.

Behavior might depend on your desktop environment.

> The following files have been updated to point to Thunderbird:
> 
> ~/.config/mimeapps.list

It is hard to reason whether it should work without details what you 
have added to this file.

Check entries related to evolution in this file and MIME types specified 
in its .desktop file.

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Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2023-03-29 00:10 +0200
  Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-03-29 06:30 +0200
    Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 03:10 +0200
      Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 05:20 +0200
        Re: Unable to open Thunderbird as default calendar app John Boxall <jboxall47@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 19:30 +0200

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