Re: tip: Firefox -> File -> eMail link: Thunderbird is already running

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On Sun, 2024-11-24 at 14:46 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-11-23 at 19:35 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > The exact steps on how to reproduce it are missing. Simply installing
> > thunderbird, then configuring GNOME Shell default apps to let thunderbird
> > handle email doesn't suffice. The firefox menu opens a thunderbird
> > compose window each time.
> 
> Not actually *using* Thunderbird, here, but occasionally try it out... 
> Does it make any difference if Thunderbird was already open when you
> clicked on an email link?
> 
> Mail programs are one of those applications which once started often
> stay loitering around in the background to some degree, even when you
> close the program's main interface window.
> 
> I use Evolution, and speaking of weird bugs, I remember (ages ago) that
> if I clicked on a mailto link in a webpage I'd get a compose window pop
> up, I could write an email and send it, but it never kept a copy of the
> sent mail.  I learnt to open Evolution, and leave it in the background,
> before clicking any mailto links.  It did keep a "sent" copy, that way.

FWIW: Evolution has multiple parts (try 'pgrep evolution' to see them).
Simply quitting the GUI will not shut it down. I'm sure you know this,
but if you really want to to stop it you should use 'evolution --force-
shutdown' from the command line.

poc
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