This issue was fixed in upstream bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261559 which is showing "VERIFIED FIXED" since 2008-08-07 but no target release given. Thunderbird will only register itself to handle .eml files when set as the default mail client. Tested ok with Thunderbird 60.4 in Ubuntu 18.04. No activity here for over 8 years so closing as fixed.
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #261559 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261559 ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196887 Title: Missing file association for Thunderbird Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird Thunderbird should register the .eml (e-mail message) file type (as in Windows systems). We run a small company and have just migrated a PC from Win XP to Ubuntu Gutsy + KDE 4 and we noticed that ll the messages that we had saved as .eml were recognized as "Text documents". I manually created a new file association, but this is quite a bug, don't you think? How to reproduce this bug. Open Thunderbird, clic on a message in Inbox, choose "Save as" and enter the place & filename. The program will suggest the .eml extension). Now use Dolphin or another file manager to browse that folder and go to the file properties. It will be marked as "text document" (which might be right as MIME identification, but misses sense as file-assocation). Maybe this bug should be adressed to the Mozilla guys as well, but they don't provide an installable linux version, so I thought you could change this behaviour in ubuntu. Thanks, Lillipuziano ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Feb 29 07:25:12 2008 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-thunderbird.list] PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux 2.6.24-10-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/196887/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
