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Bug 130253
Opened 23 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
Default install hijacks Internet Explorer Send Link by E-Mail function
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Simple MAPI, defect)
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(Not tracked)
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(Reporter: cthart, Unassigned)
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From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) BuildID: 2002031104 The Internet Explorer function to send a link by e-mail brings up a Mozilla compose window instead of Outlook Express, even if OE is the default mail handler Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Default full install of Mozilla 0.9.9 2. Leave IE as the default browser; Outlook Express remains the default mail client (also confirmed if I check in Internet Options -> Programs, or in OE under Tools -> Options, it says that OE is the default handler for mail and news) 3. Go to any website in IE (I have IE6 installed). 4. Choose File -> Send -> Link by E-Mail Actual Results: Mozilla's Composition window appears if Mozilla is already running (including if it is only running in QuickLaunch mode); Nothing happens if Mozilla is not running. Expected Results: I would have expected that the OE new message window should appear. The following exists in my registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\Mail] @="Mozilla" I think this is the old location and wrong (at least for W2K and/or IE6). If I delete the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients] key, OE is again the handler for 'send link by e-mail'.
Comment 1•23 years ago
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-> Simple Mapi
Assignee: ducarroz → rdayal
Component: Composition → Simple MAPI
QA Contact: sheelar → trix
Comment 2•22 years ago
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behavior still exists in current builds. - uninstall - remove HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\Mail - install - @=Mozilla is added back
Updated•22 years ago
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QA Contact: trix → yulian
QA Contact: yulian → stephend
*** Bug 177409 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4•22 years ago
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I suggest that this bug is a duplicate of Bug 155241. The problem is not that Mozilla's mailer is writing to this registry key; the problem is that the default install assumes Mozilla will be the default for everything. 155241 was defined as an Installer issue. A commentor there suggested the issue was file-handling, but the file-handling issues are dealt with in other bugs. I suggested there that 155241 remain open as an Installer bug, to add options to (at least) Custom install to select whether Moz should be default browser, mailer, image-file handler, etc.
Comment 5•20 years ago
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My comment 4 is completely off base. The behavior ascribed to IE6 is quite correct; IE6 is the only application I'm aware of that abides by the HKCU key. Generally, MAPI-aware applications (Word) do not; they get the MAPI handler straight from Windows, which refers to the HKLM\Software\Clients key. (Note that Outlook Express 6 does not *set* the HKCU key when it is made default.) Testing this bug, I see that simply installing Mozilla, without setting it as the default, does not write the HKCU key. Once Mozilla has been set as the default mailer, the HKCU is written. If uninstalled, it will restore the previous value (usually null, but could be "Mozilla Thunderbird" since TB does the same thing with HKCU). But Mozilla is not executed when some other client is made the default, so it does not have the opportunity to undo that key; and I know of no other client (besides Thunderbird) which also writes to the HKCU\Software\Clients branch when it's made default. Colin Hart, Daniel Wang: are you still experiencing a situation where simply installing Mozilla (or Thunderbird, for that matter), without setting it as default, writes the HKCU key?
Comment 6•20 years ago
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(In reply to comment #5) > The behavior ascribed to IE6 is quite correct; IE6 is the only application I'm > aware of that abides by the HKCU key. Generally, MAPI-aware applications > (Word) do not; they get the MAPI handler straight from Windows, which refers > to the HKLM\Software\Clients key. This isn't quite right -- Word does use MAPI handler from HKLM, but the functions of Windows itself (such as Explorer's right-click on file, Send To > Mail Recipient) as well as IE abide by the HKCU. See bug 178770.
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Updated•16 years ago
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Assignee: rdayal → nobody
QA Contact: stephend → simple-mapi
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Updated•16 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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