send to mail recipient option not present on right click of file in 11.04 Unity desktop

[Martin G Miller]

Binary package hint: nautilus

In all previous versions of Ubuntu/Gnome, right clicking a file gives a context menu including the choice to "send to mail recipient". In 11.04 with the Unity DE, in both 32 and 64 bit versions, this option is missing. The only choice seems to be a window that sends the file to CD/DVD creator, instant message, bluetooth or removable disk. The option of sending to an email recipient is gone.

Ubuntu 11.04 both 32 bit and 64 bit
Nautilus version: 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13 (32 bit)

What I expected to happen:
Right click a file and the context menu allows you to quickly select Send to email recipient.

What happened instead:
The right click context menu entry opens a window that only offers to send the file to CD/DVD Creator

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I have found a work around on the Ubuntu forums for this problem, but I prefer to have the bug fixed through the normal update process. I have not tried this myself yet. However, this may provide a valuable clue as to the source of the bug.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10753508&postcount=5

The following is a quote from the above link:
Looks like nautilus-sendto is trying to use older versions of libraries. Running the following fixed it for me:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libebook-1.2.so.10 /usr/lib/libebook-1.2.so.9

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libedataserver-1.2.so.14 /usr/lib/libedataserver-1.2.so.13

[k browne (kbrowne1)]

This "fix" didn't work for me. It opens Evolution, but fails to open a new message with the file attached.

[apjjr (alex-ourwoods)]

I created the suggested links in Martin G Miller's message and it fixed it for me.

[apjjr (alex-ourwoods)]

K browne,
try indicating your email program in System->Preferences->Preferred Apps

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue was a nautilus-sendto one and got fixed in an update