open_generic()
{
	    local client
    local desktop
    desktop=`xdg-mime query default "x-scheme-handler/mailto"`
    client=`desktop_file_to_binary "$desktop"`
    echo $client | grep thunderbird > /dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
        run_thunderbird "$client" "$1"
    fi

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
    
    IFS=":"
    for browser in $BROWSER; do
        if [ x"$browser" != x"" ]; then

            browser_with_arg=`printf "$browser" "$1" 2>/dev/null`
            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then browser_with_arg=$browser;
            fi

            if [ x"$browser_with_arg" = x"$browser" ]; then "$browser" "$1";
            else $browser_with_arg;
            fi

            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exit_success;
            fi
        fi
    done

    exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$1'"
    fi
}