Ubuntu
mozilla-thunderbird package

mozilla-thunderbird helper script doesn't work properly

Bug #15496 reported by Matthew Lenz on 2005-04-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #16890: Moz-TB shouldn't be launched again when already running and click on mailto. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mozilla-thunderbird (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Wishlist	Tollef Fog Heen

Bug Description

Firefox includes a "massage" script that executes the "mozilla-firefox" bin with
the correct parameters. This massage script is what helps the email client
launch urls into a running firfox. The same is needed for proper mailto:
functionality in thunderbird. If thunderbird is the current default mail
handler and you click on a mailto: link in firefox everything works ok if you
don't have thunderbird already running. If you do, it launchs the Thunderbird
Profile Manager because it detects that the existing profile is already in use.
Idealy it should attempt to use the proper -remote url commands to open a new
email message dialog. the /usr/bin/firefox script should be able to modified to
function the same way for thunderbird.

Revision history for this message

Matthew Lenz (matthew-nocturnal) wrote on 2005-04-13:

"the /usr/bin/firefox script should be able to modified to function the same way
for thunderbird."

by this i mean that the /usr/bin/firefox script should be used as a template to
create a similar script for thunderbird (maybe /usr/bin/thunderbird?)

Revision history for this message

Matthew Lenz (matthew-nocturnal) wrote on 2005-04-15:

I realized that /usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird IS a helper script. It just
doesn't work correctly. clicking the thunderbird icon should attempt to use an
already running version of mozilla for mailto's and when attempting to lauch
another thunderbird process. If one really wants another profile to be in use
thats what the profile chooser is for. I reworked the subject to better reflect
the problem.