Thunderbird can not be set as default mail reader in Gnome (in Preferred Applications)
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Thunderbird can be set as the "Mail Reader" in Preferred Applications in Gnome; however, Gnome and Nautilus seem to ignore this setting and still use Evolution as the default mail client. The symbolic link is broken, I believe. If you the option "Custom" and point it to:
/usr/lib/
I believe this should be fixed as it is a usability issue and a deterent for many users. If "Thunderbird" is an option in the Mail Reader options as a preferred application -- then it should work. It should not still be defaulting back to Evolution, it should at least give the user an error.
Also, obviously:
- "Send To" throughout Nautilus;
- Links on Firefox web pages (mailto:);
- "Send As Attachment" links in Nautilus.
Are all broken until this is fixed because it falls back on Evolution and not the client of choice for the user.
affects: | ubuntu → meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) |
affects: | meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- [Jaunty] Thunderbird can not be set as default mail reader in Gnome (in - Preferred Applications) + Thunderbird can not be set as default mail reader in Gnome (in Preferred + Applications) |
When I first installed Jaunty, I tried to change the default mail client in FF by adding the "network. protocol- handler. app.mailto" and setting its value to "/usr/bin/ thunderbird" in about:config.
That didn't work, but changing the default mail client in System| Preferences| `Preferred Applications` worked.