Can't select Thunderbird as Mail Reader in Preferred Applications

[Sean Fitzpatrick]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

I'm running 11.04 Beta1, upgraded from 10.10 netbook edition. I have Thunderbird installed as my default email client. In 10.10, if I opened the Preferred Applications dialog in the Control Center, I could choose between Evolution and Thunderbird as my default mail client. Since upgrading, Evolution is the only option given. However, I am able to choose between Firefox and Chromium for my web browser. Thunderbird sets itself as the default mail client when I run it; however, this isn't reflected in the Preferred Applications GUI.

Ideally, I should be able to select Thunderbird as my preferred email reader, so that when I click on Check Email in the Unity dash, Ubuntu opens Thunderbird rather than Evolution. I guess I could switch to Evolution but I think my choice of email client should be respected by the OS.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 5 11:32:26 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-04 (1 days ago)

[Jesse Palser (jessepalser)]

Have same problem - Ubuntu 11.04 64Bit Beta1 - I installed current Mozilla ThunderBird through Ubuntu Software Center, but in Preferred Applications under Mail Reader I can not select ThunderBird?

[Jesse Palser (jessepalser)]

As of 21:43 on 04-06-2011 this bug is fixed

[Sean Fitzpatrick (sean-fitzpatrick)]

I can confirm that I now see Thunderbird as the default under preferred applications. Unfortunately, this doesn't change the email button on the dash - that still takes me to Evolution. However, that's a separate bug, I suppose.