Issue 24147 - When attempting to "Send->Document as Email", it should ask for a mail program
Summary: When attempting to "Send->Document as Email", it should ask for a mail program
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1
Hardware: All Linux, all
: P4 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2004-01-06 21:17 UTC by bmh
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:41 UTC (History)
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Description bmh 2004-01-06 21:17:45 UTC
When attempting to use the menu "File->Send->Document as Email", rather than
giving an error message indicating that the settings should somehow be changed,
OOo should either provide the opportunity to immediately select a mail program,
or provide the option to open "Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org->External
Programs" (so the user doesn't have to go looking for it).

Sub-issues.
On Linux, at least, under "Choose a default E-Mail program", selecting kmail for
the "Program", for example, does not satisfy the requirements of an email
program sufficiently to use the "Send->Document as Email". One must also
manually enter the correct "Path" element (typically, /usr/bin/kmail). This is
very unintuitive.

First, OOo should probably suggest a reduced list of email programs based on the
executables it has detected in the $PATH environment, and use the equivalent of
unix `which` to impute the expected value for the "Path" component of the setup
dialog. Users should be able to override the values, but the automation
shouldn't be too difficult and has tremendous value in making the email
functionality of OOo easier to use for inexperienced users.
Comment 1 rblackeagle 2004-01-07 01:42:12 UTC
I'm using 1.1.0 and 1.1.1a.  As to the subissue, I am able to send files using
kmail.  The files are sent as attachments, but I have to make sure what format
I'm sending them in first.  (Sending an .sxw file to someone without OOo is a
mistake.)
Comment 2 mci 2004-01-07 08:18:58 UTC
reassigned to bh
Comment 3 ace_dent 2008-05-16 02:58:09 UTC
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised has the status 'New' pending further action, but has not
been updated within the last 4 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the
latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed.
Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
 
Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as
necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
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Comment 4 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 15:11:09 UTC
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".