421192 - the -compose <email address> doesn't use the email address in the compose window

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Matěj Cepl]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; cs-CZ; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080208 Fedora/2.0.0.12-1.fc8 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: verze 2.0.0.12 (20080226)

(originally filed in the Red Hat Bugzilla, but I as a RH bugmaster can reproduce it as well).

Using thunderbird in the form "thunderbird -compose <some address>" opens a
thunderbird mail write window, but the recepient (given by the -compose option)
is missing (empty to-field)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
thunderbird-2.0.0.4-1.fc7
(I have reproduced it with thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc8

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.thunderbird -compose <some recipient>
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
the write window is open with an empty to-field

Expected Results:  
the to-field is set

Comment 1

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

What format did you use for "<some address>" or "<some recipient>" part?

Following is list of Mozilla's command line options.
> http://www.mozilla.org/quality/browser/front-end/testcases/cmd-line/#unix
I don't know whether Tb uses same options/format as Mozilla or not, but I think data format of at least -compose option was not changed by Tb. 

Comment 2

[Matěj Cepl]

thunderbird -compose [e-mail]

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

I don't think that ever worked, you can use either of
 thunderbird -compose to=[e-mail] 
 thunderbird mailto:[e-mail]

Comment 4

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Closing as INVALID.