209730 - Send Link/Send Page always uses Mozilla Mail

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 144484

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect, P1)

Description

[Scott Solko]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612

Whenever I click Send Link or Send Page, it always uses Mozilla Mail, despite
what my default e-mail program may be set to.  I have added 

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", true);

to my user.js file, which makes Mozilla handle "mailto" links properly using the
default mail program.  However Send Page/Link from the file menu always spawns
Mozilla.  

The same goes for Internet Explorer if Mozilla is open--it spawns Mozilla Mail.
 If Mozilla is closed, Internet Explorer's Send Page and Send Link functions
won't spawn anything.  If I uninstall Mozilla, Internet Explorer's Send
Page/Link functions spawn the default mail program as it should.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Mozilla
2.Add user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", true); to user.js
3.Make another e-mail program the default and select "send link" from the
browser's file menu.

Actual Results:  
If Mozilla is open, it spawns Mozilla Mail.  If Mozilla is closed, nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
It should have spawned the default mail program, and added the link/page as an
attachment.  Likewise, Internet Explorer should have done the same thing.  Not
spawned the Mozilla Mail program if it is not the default.

Comment 1

[Michael Dunn]

Steps to Reproduce using Netscape 7.1:

Set your default mail program to Outlook Express
Launch Netscape 7.1
Browse to web page
Select File.Send Page menu item
Result.
Netscape mail compose window opens with web page attached

Expected.
The default mail application (Outlook Express) compose window launches with Web
Page attached.

Note.
This works as expected with IE. Attaching web pages is such a handy feature I am
concerned that simply electing to use mail client other than Netscape will make
using Netscape as the default browser less attractive.

Comment 2

[Aaron Kaluszka]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 144484 ***

Comment 3

[Paul Wyskoczka]

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