reassign 255655 firefox thanks Is this still a problem in Firefox 1.5?
* Vassilii Khachaturov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: mozilla-firefox > Version: 0.8-9 > Severity: normal > > In my current setup, submitting mailto: forms doesn't seem to work. > > When I submitted a mailto: form from a page, firefox launched evolution. > No form details (field values) were seen in the message about to be sent, > so I closed evolution. Overall, I don't use evolution, but rather > kmail, pine and mutt. > > Evolution, even after exit, left behind some processes, which persisted > even to my next KDE login session (the bonobo-activation and the > evolution-wombat processes). Had to kill them explicitly. > It is rather a heavy price to pay for a single attempt to > submit a mailto form. > > Suggestions for resolution: > 1) ask the user on the 1st form submission what MUA to launch > (keep in mind that not all the MUAs will be easy to pass the message > body into - like evolution; probably it requires per-MUA specific code) > 2) do it in the mailx style, just like lynx does (this will require a > terminal window, though) > 3) use sendmail - but this would probably be a UNIX-only solution, > and the browser is cross-platform > 4) use SMTP directly - this would require configuring the SMTP > preferences for mail sending, which 70% of the users will probably not > do. Maybe the default should be (2) for UNIX (or whatever else has > sendmail present) and (3) for non-UNIX systems. > > There is no MUA in the alternatives database, > maybe it's good - there seems no good choice to select a preferred MUA > machine-wide. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-686 > Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R > > Versions of packages mozilla-firefox depends on: > ii fontconfig 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration > library > ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libfontconfig1 2.2.2-2 generic font configuration > library > ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgcc1 1:3.3.4-1 GCC support library > ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.2-1 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.2-1 The GTK+ graphical user > interface > ii libidl0 0.8.3-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL > file > ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's > JPEG > ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.0-4 Layout and rendering of > internatio > ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime > ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client > li > ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous > exte > ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing > librar > ii libxp6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing > extension > ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client > libra > ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics > ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc > filesy > ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries > m > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-3 compression library - runtime > > -- no debconf information -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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