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==Background==
Protocols (ex: http, ftp, mailto) are different methods of sending information over the Internet. Protocols may be handled by Mozilla applications themselves, or they may be passed to external applications, or they may not be handled at all. This preference controls whether to warn the user before opening an external application for a specific protocol.

==Possible values and their effects==
===true===
Give the user a chance to cancel before passing the data to the external application.
===false===
Pass the data to the external application without warning the user.

==Caveats==
*This preference only exists by default for certain protocols.

==UI==
===Firefox===
On the protocol warning dialog, "Remember my choice for all links of this type"

==First checked in==
[http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&root=/cvsroot&subdir=mozilla/uriloader/exthandler&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&file=nsExternalHelperAppService.cpp&rev2=1.274&rev1=1.273 2004-10-25 by Daniel Veditz]

==Has an effect in==
* Netscape (all versions since 8.0)
* Mozilla Suite (all versions since 1.7.5)
* Mozilla Firefox (all versions since 1.0)
* Mozilla Thunderbird (all versions since 1.0)
* Seamonkey
* Sunbird

==See also==
* [[Register protocol]]

==Related bugs==
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263546 Bug 263546 - Security risk: TB uses IE to open javascript pop-up in news-feed items]

==Related preferences==
* [[network.protocol-handler.app.(protocol)]]
* [[network.protocol-handler.expose-all]]
* [[network.protocol-handler.expose.(protocol)]]
* [[network.protocol-handler.external-default]]
* [[network.protocol-handler.external.(protocol)]]
* [[network.protocol-handler.warn-external-default]]

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