123546 - Mozilla Mail always sets as Default Mail Client.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 122377

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Ed Fry]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204
BuildID:    2002020406

When Installing from 0.9.7 to 0.9.8, going to Mozilla mail asks if you want to
make Mozilla Mail the Default Mail Client. selecting No will make No E-mail
client the Default Mail Client, Restarting the external E-mail Client (in this
case, Outlook Express) will Pop up a box which asks you to make it the default
client, Which you would select yes. The External E-mail Client will remain the
Default E-mail client until you start mozilla. When You start Mozilla, Mozilla
will Make No E-mail client the Default E-mail Client.

If you go to edit->prefrences->Mail and newsgroups, Use Mozilla mail as the
Default Mail Application is unchecked. checking it will set Mozilla Mail as the
Default mail client, As expected. unchecking it again, closing the browser,
setting the External E-mail client as the default E-mail client and restarting
Mozilla will set mozilla Mail as the Default E-mail Client.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. install Mozilla
2. Start Mail
3. When Mozilla Asks you to set it as the Default Mail Client, Say No and close
Mozilla
4. Start External E-mail Client
5. E-mail Client will ask to be the Default E-mail Client. Click Yes
6. close external E-mail Client
7. Restart External E-mail Client. it will not ask you to be the default because
it is the default
8. start mozilla (any mode) and close
9. Checking control panel -> internet options -> programs the E-mail Box is cleared
10. Start External E-mail client. it will ask you to make it the Default E-mail
client say yes and close
11. Start Mozilla edit->preferences->Mail and NewsGroups Use Mozilla mail as the
Default Mail Application is unchecked. check it
12 press ok. close mozilla
13. Start External E-mail Client
14. Checking control panel -> internet options -> programs the E-mail Box says
Mozilla 0.9.8 in it (this is expected)
15. E-mail Client will ask to be the Default E-mail Client. Click Yes (this is
expected)
16. Checking control panel -> internet options -> programs the E-mail Box says
the External e-mail client's name (this is expected)
17. restart mozilla, uncheck Use Mozilla mail as the Default Mail Application.
select ok. close mozilla
18. Start External E-mail Client. E-mail Client will ask to be the Default
E-mail Client. Click Yes (this is expected)
19. Restart External E-mail Client. it will not ask you to be the default
because it is the default
20. Checking control panel -> internet options -> programs the E-mail Box says
the External e-mail client's name (this is expected)
21. start mozilla (any mode) and close
22. Checking control panel -> internet options -> programs the E-mail Box says
Mozilla 0.9.8 in it (this is Not expected)
23. Start External E-mail client. it will ask you to make it the Default E-mail
client (this is Not expected)



Actual Results:  Mozilla Is Either the Default Mail Client or No E-mail Client
is the Default mail Client

Expected Results:  mozilla should Not be the Default Mail Client and the
External client Should be

Mozilla Does not appear to set itself as the Default Browser unless told to do
so. It seems to only be Mozilla Mail. This did not occur in Milestone 0.9.7

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 122377 ***