Fallback mail reader application

Support & Help Requests
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How can I send a picture via my email ?

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Thanks.

2

Because you did not specify your e-mail app:

  • just create a new mail from your e-mail app
  • attach the desired file / image to your new e-mail, or
  • copy the image while viewing it in your Image Viewer app and then paste it into the newly created e-mail (this may work or not, based on the e-mail app you're using / other settings)
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3

Read my other post. I want to change/add my default email application.

4

That is a system tool.

Control Center -> Preferred Applications

You get the following window, where you can update or make your selection. :slight_smile:

ControlPanel__PreferredApplications__Internet

I don't have Thunar, but there is also the Caja "Preferences" window where you should be able to "check" on the "Send to" option. I just tried that for myself but it doesn't open my default email client, even with the Control Center's choice being already made. :frowning:

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I went looking for Thunar, and on this page, they show this,

Thunar__ContextMenu_Email

along with other details, of which I will offer the following extract:

Like most other features of Thunar, the Send To menu can be easily extended by users and application developers with new targets, using standard desktop entry files. These files must be installed into one of the $XDG_DATA_DIRS/Thunar/sendto/ folders (see the XDG Base Directory Specification for details about the $XDG_DATA_DIRS variable).

I encourage you to go to that page for other details.

You can also look at this possibly simpler method offered specifically for Thunar on the Arch Linux site.

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Thanks. Creating$XDG_DATA_DIRS/Thunar/sendto/ folders is very complicated. I will stick to attaching files using my browser. :slight_smile:

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Hi, @fixit7!

This issue is similar to the one you have faced before.

You are using thunar (the Xfce file manager) in MATE desktop environment, and you have some pieces of the Xfce environment missing. To configure preferred applications for thunar, you need the following file:

$HOME/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc

This config file is used by the exo-open mechanism and supports at least 4 application types:

WebBrowser       - The preferred Web Browser.
MailReader       - The preferred Mail Reader.
FileManager      - The preferred File Manager.
TerminalEmulator - The preferred Terminal Emulator.

So, create the helper file and add the following line:

MailReader=thunderbird

I understand that habits are habits, but using caja as your default file manager in MATE will protect you from these configuration problems and probably other implicit issues.

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7

Thanks ironfoot.

I did what you suggested.

I was thinking that clicking on a file and doing a Send To and Mail Recipient would open Thunderbird with a new message with an attachment that contains the file I selected.

That did not occur but Thunderbird did open up. That is progress.

I like learning new things. I like Thunar better than Caja because it lets you create custom actions. I did see that Caja has plugins that I am looking at.

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8

Did it work like this before? Thunderbird is a .snap package now, so things could have changed.

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Now it opens Thunderbird. So it is easy to attach a file and send it.

I feel that your help has fixed the problem.

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