# Preferred browser with Thunderbird

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747>\
**Category:** Web Compatibility\
**Created:** [July 28, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747 "2023-07-28T17:34:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![estersandro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d9b06d/32.png) [@estersandro](https://community.brave.app/u/estersandro)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747/1 "2023-07-28T17:34:57Z")

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Dears, when I receive a link in an email (I use Thunderbird), I am not able to open the link with Brave. It is not possible inside Thunderbird tho choose Brave as preferred browser. How can I do? At the moment I copy the link and paste in the opened Brave empty page.  
Thank you for a tip

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**Author:** ![Meeker-Morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/meeker-morgan/32/161952_2.png) [@Meeker-Morgan](https://community.brave.app/u/Meeker-Morgan)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747/2 "2023-07-28T18:01:01Z")

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I have Thunderbird as my default mail client and Brave as my default browser and it works as it should with no particular setting in Thunderbird.

What are you doing different?

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**Author:** ![estersandro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d9b06d/32.png) [@estersandro](https://community.brave.app/u/estersandro)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747/3 "2023-07-28T18:07:46Z")

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Perhaps is it because I use Linux Mint?

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747/4 "2023-07-28T22:55:26Z")

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@estersandro,  
Is it only email links that don’t open in Brave? For example, if you type out a link in a document or see a link in a PDF file and click it, does it open in Brave?

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**Author:** ![estersandro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d9b06d/32.png) [@estersandro](https://community.brave.app/u/estersandro)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747/5 "2023-07-29T05:38:34Z")

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I am not 100% sure about it but I think it happens only with Thunderbird

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/preferred-browser-with-thunderbird/498747/6 "2023-08-28T05:38:43Z")

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