102387 - Simple MAPI: At launch, no dialog request Mozilla Mail to be the default is displayed.

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Simple MAPI, defect, P2)

Description

[Trix Supremo]

If you deselect Mozilla to be the default email client, when you launch Mozilla
again, there is no dialog prompting the user to select Mozilla Mail to be the
default email client.

DIRECTIONS:
1. Launch Mozilla for the 1st time and select Mozilla to be the default email
client.
2. Then go to Edit|Preferences|Mail & Newsgroups and deselect Mozilla Mail to be
the default and close Mozilla.
3.  Launch Mozilla again.

RESULT: 
No dialog box displayed to request the user to select Mozilla to be the default.

EXPECTED:
This should always be displayed everytime the user launches Mozilla and Mozilla
is not the default email client.  Outlook Express behaves this way and should be
the correct way.

Comment 1

[Trix Supremo]

change QA Contact to self

Comment 2

[Trix Supremo]

Changed Component to Simple MAPI

Comment 3

[Rajiv Dayal]

We are aware of this and we will need to do this but for the next release. For 
this partial simple mapi release we have decided to go with the option to select 
Mozilla as default mail client from Preferences and when Mail is accessed.

Comment 4

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Bug 102570 should not be dependent on this bug, if it is not planned for this 
landing.

Comment 5

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Should this nsbranch-, so we know it has be traiged, and to record it for the
next release?

Comment 6

[Scott MacGregor]

I actually think we shouldn't ask every time. I think what outlook does in that
regard is intrusive =). In any case, I agree with rajiv that this should be a
minus so I'll add that.

Comment 7

[Tiantian Kong]

Mark as depedent to meta bug 103807

Comment 8

[Tiantian Kong]

Srilatha: what do you think about this?

Comment 9

[Tiantian Kong]

Attachment: The dialog box that ask user to select NS mail client as default email client

Comment 10

[kmurray1115]

I actually think we shouldn't ask every time. I think what outlook does in that
regard is intrusive =).

I'n not sure there's an alternative. I think we need to treat this jsut like
asking folks which browser they want to set as their default.

Comment 11

[Trix Supremo]

i would agree with kevin here.  we currently display the default dialog prompt
only when the mail client is launched, which is proper. prompting the default
email dialog when a user launches the browser is like prompting the user to
select Excel as their default spreadsheet app when they launch Word. Both have
ties to each other but that shouldn't be the reason to imply the user should
decide at that time.

Comment 12

[Mike Young]

*** Bug 111824 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

nominating ...

Comment 14

[scottputterman]

I want to make sure I understand this bug.

In this scenario, when mail is launched then we do prompt but not when the
browser is launched?

If that's the case, then I think we should wontfix this.  I think we should
prompt when a mail related window is opened but we don't need to do it when only
the browser is used.

Comment 15

[Srilatha Moturi]

Scott, your understanding is right
When a mail related window is opened we get the dialog but not when the browser 
is opened.
Marking this as wont fix based on scott's comment

Comment 16

[kmurray1115]

I agree.

Comment 17

[Trix Supremo]

verified resolution