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Why can't I email a web page when I click on the 'envelope' "Email a link to this page" button?

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I frequently use the "Email a link to this page" feature. I'm running Waterfox 56.2.13 (64-bit), and my email is via Thunderbird 69.0b4. When I click on the email page button, an hourglass activity icon flashes for a few seconds, but a new message form with the page URL isn't generated. This is a very recent problem. Please help. TIA

I frequently use the "Email a link to this page" feature. I'm running Waterfox 56.2.13 (64-bit), and my email is via Thunderbird 69.0b4. When I click on the email page button, an hourglass activity icon flashes for a few seconds, but a new message form with the page URL isn't generated. This is a very recent problem. Please help. TIA

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Hi Bruce Wheeler, I'm not familiar with Waterfox. It isn't a Mozilla product. Here's the subReddit which they use for their Support Forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/

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Thanks for your suggestion. When I click on Waterfox Help it takes me here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox?as=u&utm_source=inproduct

Looks Mozilla to me... Anyway, FWIW, I reinstalled both Waterfox - newest V, and Thunderbird - no difference in my problem

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OK Select Menu -> Options On the General page, under Applications Set mailto to Always Ask

When you use the Email Link a Launch Application dialog will open. Select the mail application that you wish to use.

Any difference?

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I did it, no change. I click on the email the page button, the hourglass shows up, and that's it.

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It could be a problem in your Profile. Try creating a new 'Test Profile' to see if the problem persists there.

Otherwise, you may need to do a Refresh.

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Followup: it was a Thunderbird problem. Latest version fixed the problem. Thnx for your help.

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