Bug 400608 - "Send via Email" always tries to use KMail, ignores default email client set in System Settings > Applications > Default Applications
Summary: "Send via Email" always tries to use KMail, ignores default email client set ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 292606
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-purpose
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.51.0
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Aleix Pol
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-11-03 02:26 UTC by David
Modified: 2018-11-27 00:36 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description David 2018-11-03 02:26:39 UTC 
SUMMARY

Share -> Send via Email cannot be set to open Thunderbird to send files. It requires KMail which is not installed in KDE Neon by default.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select a file and try to attach it to Thunderbird via Share -> Send via Email
2. Changing default to /usr/bin/thunderbird has no effect.

OBSERVED RESULT
Error: Could not find the program 'kmailservice'

EXPECTED RESULT
Either get rid of the menue (as KMail is not installed) or respect the default proram setting and open Thunderbird.


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-11-03 14:44:52 UTC 
What does System Settings > Default Applications > Email client say? Is it set to KMail, or have you chosen Thunderbird as your preferred email client?
Comment 2 David 2018-11-04 02:57:23 UTC 
Default Application: It is set to "Use a different email client" and "/usr/bin/thunderbird"
Comment 3 David 2018-11-04 02:59:52 UTC 
However adding Thunderbird via " ... , Choose Application" and search for Thunderbird has no effect (!). I had to find the executive file myself.
Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2018-11-05 14:29:08 UTC 
It's not working on my system too.
Window to compose email opens but the file is not attached.
Tested with png and webm files.

thunderbird 60.3.0
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.2
Qt Version: 5.12.0 beta3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.51.0
Kernel Version: 4.18.16-arch1-1-ARCH
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2018-11-07 04:45:48 UTC 
Thanks for the information!
Comment 6 Patrick Silva 2018-11-08 17:56:23 UTC 
bug 360073 seems related/duplicate.
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2018-11-26 05:38:15 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 360073 ***
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2018-11-26 05:42:55 UTC 
(In reply to Patrick Silva from comment #4)
> It's not working on my system too.
> Window to compose email opens but the file is not attached.
> Tested with png and webm files.
This seems like a separate issue. Does the text field have "%u" in it after "thunderbird"? If not, try adding that so that it says "thunderbird %u".

Of course, that change will still probably not get saved properly due to Bug 360073. :/
Comment 9 Patrick Silva 2018-11-26 12:22:49 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #8)
> (In reply to Patrick Silva from comment #4)
> > It's not working on my system too.
> > Window to compose email opens but the file is not attached.
> > Tested with png and webm files.
> This seems like a separate issue. Does the text field have "%u" in it after
> "thunderbird"? If not, try adding that so that it says "thunderbird %u".
it works as expected after add "%u".
Comment 10 Nate Graham 2018-11-27 00:36:33 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 292606 ***