21833 2009-10-05 06:27:49 +0400 no file associations for common file types 2009-11-12 17:43:42 +0300 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus thunderbird unstable all Linux CLOSED DUPLICATE 20910 P3 major --- 1 imz rauty fuckel rauty qa-sisyphus oldest_to_newest 100794 0 imz 2009-10-05 06:27:49 +0400 thunderbird-3.0-alt1.20090817 I've apt-get-installed thunderbird from Sisyphus, and 1) when trying to open attachments, it never has a predefined program to open that type of files (I have tested it on common file types such as .doc, .pdf, .xls, .rtf, .ppt). 2) I have to choose the program by choosing the executable file in /usr/bin/ -- this is quite inconvenient and also almost impossible for a novice users: a menu-like application chooser would be more convenient. (A similar deficiency in Firefox is described in https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16651 .) Workaround: Until I needed a specific feature of Firefox of Thunderbird, my workaround was to use Seamonkey and Seamonkey Mail, which have these useful pre-configured file associations. 101846 1 fuckel 2009-10-20 11:44:59 +0400 Давайте поддерживать порядок, тогда шансы решить проблему существенно возрастут. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 20910 *** 101936 2 imz 2009-10-21 18:20:19 +0400 (В ответ на комментарий №0) > 1) when trying to open attachments, it never has a predefined program to open > that type of files (I have tested it on common file types such as .doc, .pdf, > .xls, .rtf, .ppt). And for an .html attachment it wanted to use links, which is not the best choice for a graphical DE (Xfce). > 2) I have to choose the program by choosing the executable file in /usr/bin/ -- and I had to choose /usr/bin/seamonkey by hand, which took quite a long time (browsing the filesystem through the file selection dialog). > this is quite inconvenient and also almost impossible for a novice users: a > menu-like application chooser would be more convenient. 103011 3 imz 2009-11-12 17:43:42 +0300 And it's impossible to select a program to open the attachment, if it has no correct specific type declared; like this one: Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Priobretenie_marsrutizatora.docx" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Priobretenie_marsrutizatora.docx" Only saving, and opening through the file manager (which has a working correct association for ".docs") succeeds. So, it's a wanted feature: thunderbird suggests a program for opening an attachment also based on the attachment's filename (extension).