Bug 265596

Summary:	Kmail doesn't remember file associations for PDF
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	menschmeier <baeckham>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	sbecom2012
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.13.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description menschmeier 2011-02-06 13:08:38 UTC

Version:           1.13.5 (using KDE 4.4.5) 
OS:                Linux

If I get an email with an attached file, e.g. a PDF, I always have to tell kmail which application to use for opening this file. A "open with" dialogue is popping up. There is an option "Remember application assocuation for this ...". I select okular and activate this option an press ok button. I get the notification in a little window saying that system configuration is updated. But the next time I select a PDF in kmail I have to do the same again.

With word or openoffice documents I do not have this problem, only with PDF documents. If I click in dolphin on a PDF, it is opened instantly.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
start kontact
open an email containing a pdf
click on the pdf

Actual Results:  
getting the "open with" dialogue

Expected Results:  
opening the PDF instantly using okular

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.37
Compiler: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc

Comment 1 Kevin Funk 2013-11-05 14:17:40 UTC

Still a problem? Looks like a user setup problem.

Comment 2 sbecom2012 2015-11-27 10:44:31 UTC

I have had the exact same issue for a long time though I upgraded my distro twice, so it must be as Kevin says a user setup problem. But I can't fix it anyway...

The problem seems to be with pdf files only : the file association doesn't seem to remain.

I'm using Kubuntu 15.10 (and before that 14.04 and I had already the same problem).

Note : The pdf file association is correctly set in KDE preferences (Okular launches normally when a pdf file is opened from anywhere else, dolphin, firefox etc.)

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 18:18:20 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this version of Kmail has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug. Please try using the latest version of Kmail to see if your issue persists. If it does, please submit a new bug in "kmail2". Thank you!