DigiKam Email with Thunderbird

Chris Elverson chriselverson at gmail.com
Wed Sep 7 02:39:26 BST 2016


Thanks for the suggestions.  It was harder than I expected, but I
successfully convinced OS X that Thunderbird is now my default mail
client.  Unfortunately, that has not improved the export situation from
digiKam.  Gilles, I am using digiKam version 5.1.0.  You mentioned that in
version 5.x, digiKam uses the mailto URL to launch the email client.  If
that is the case, then I'm very confused why mine will not work.  And if
this is true, why does digiKam still let you pick which mail app to use
from the Export dialog (and not just rely on the default mail app)?  Prior
to setting Thunderbird as the default, my default client was Gmail (via the
web).  This was done by registering Chrome as the default mail program and
within Chrome it is set to launch Gmail for a mailto link.  I feel like if
I am selecting Thunderbird from within digiKam, then it shouldn't matter
what the default mail app is.  On a Mac installation, how is digiKam
supposed to link up with Thunderbird?  Can I access the underlying KDE
settings that digiKam is running on with a Mac installation?

Other suggestions?

Thanks,
Chris

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> Thanks for the suggestions.  It was harder than I expected, but I
> successfully convinced OS X that Thunderbird is now my default mail
> client.  Unfortunately, that has not improved the export situation from
> digiKam.  Gilles, I am using digiKam version 5.1.0.  You mentioned that in
> version 5.x, digiKam uses the mailto URL to launch the email client.  If
> that is the case, then I'm very confused why mine will not work.  And if
> this is true, why does digiKam still let you pick which mail app to use
> from the Export dialog (and not just rely on the default mail app)?  Prior
> to setting Thunderbird as the default, my default client was Gmail (via the
> web).  This was done by registering Chrome as the default mail program and
> within Chrome it is set to launch Gmail for a mailto link.  I feel like if
> I am selecting Thunderbird from within digiKam, then it shouldn't matter
> what the default mail app is.  On a Mac installation, how is digiKam
> supposed to link up with Thunderbird?  Can I access the underlying KDE
> settings that digiKam is running on with a Mac installation?
>
> Other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 3:22 AM <digikam-users-request at kde.org> wrote:
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> >    1. digiKam windows open up small (Simon Frei)
> >    2. Re: digiKam windows open up small (Gilles Caulier)
> >    3. Re: digiKam windows open up small (Simon Frei)
> >    4. DigiKam Email with Thunderbird (Chris Elverson)
> >    5. Re: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird (Gilles Caulier)
> >    6. Re: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird (Stuart T Rogers)
> >    7. Re: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird (Gilles Caulier)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 16:48:05 +0200
> > From: Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com>
> > To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> >         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: digiKam windows open up small
> > Message-ID: <e9ff8d36-6ecc-0509-df49-c39801b85a4a at gmail.com>
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I am pretty sure this is not a digiKam issue, but I hope you can help me
> > anyway:
> > When I open windows like configuration, import, ... these are very
> > small, like completely unusable. I have to resize them every time. I am
> > on debian and use xfce as DE. Might there be any leftover KDE thing that
> > I should tweak? Anything else?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 16:56:04 +0200
> > From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> >         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: digiKam windows open up small
> > Message-ID:
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> > And new dialog/window sizes are not saved for the next session ?
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > 2016-09-01 16:48 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am pretty sure this is not a digiKam issue, but I hope you can help
> me
> > > anyway:
> > > When I open windows like configuration, import, ... these are very
> > > small, like completely unusable. I have to resize them every time. I am
> > > on debian and use xfce as DE. Might there be any leftover KDE thing
> that
> > > I should tweak? Anything else?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Simon
> > >
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:19:53 +0200
> > From: Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com>
> > To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> >         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
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> > No they are not.
> >
> > On 01/09/16 16:56, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > > And new dialog/window sizes are not saved for the next session ?
> > >
> > > Gilles Caulier
> > >
> > > 2016-09-01 16:48 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com
> > > <mailto:freisim93 at gmail.com>>:
> > >
> > >     Hi,
> > >
> > >     I am pretty sure this is not a digiKam issue, but I hope you can
> > >     help me
> > >     anyway:
> > >     When I open windows like configuration, import, ... these are very
> > >     small, like completely unusable. I have to resize them every time.
> > >     I am
> > >     on debian and use xfce as DE. Might there be any leftover KDE
> > >     thing that
> > >     I should tweak? Anything else?
> > >
> > >     Cheers,
> > >     Simon
> > >
> > >
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 01:50:25 +0000
> > From: Chris Elverson <chriselverson at gmail.com>
> > To: digikam-users at kde.org
> > Subject: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> > Hi all, I recently switched from Picasa to digiKam and am loving it so
> far.
> > I am having one issue, however. When I use the option Export > Email
> > Images... > Select Thunderbird and click Send, I get the following error
> > message: "Failed to start Thunderbird program. Check your system."
> >
> > I am using the following software versions:
> > digiKam 5.1.0 using KDE 5.24.0
> > Mac OS X 10.11.6
> > Thunderbird 45.3.0
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 05:50:11 +0200
> > From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> >         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird
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> >
> > Thunderbird program is well installed on your system ? The program is
> well
> > visible in PATH user to run properly ?
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > 2016-09-02 3:50 GMT+02:00 Chris Elverson <chriselverson at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Hi all, I recently switched from Picasa to digiKam and am loving it so
> > > far. I am having one issue, however. When I use the option Export >
> Email
> > > Images... > Select Thunderbird and click Send, I get the following
> error
> > > message: "Failed to start Thunderbird program. Check your system."
> > >
> > > I am using the following software versions:
> > > digiKam 5.1.0 using KDE 5.24.0
> > > Mac OS X 10.11.6
> > > Thunderbird 45.3.0
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Chris
> > >
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> > Message: 6
> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 08:01:44 +0100
> > From: Stuart T Rogers <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
> > To: digikam-users at kde.org
> > Subject: Re: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird
> > Message-ID: <2e01661a-23bd-0edc-dd7b-5f176953daa6 at stella-maris.org.uk>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> >
> > In my experience you need Thunderbird to be the default mail program and
> > not just set in Thunderbird but make sure that it is set as default in
> > KDE as well. As I dont use Mac I dont know how you would check that,
> > however in Linux KDE SystemSettings5 has an toption to set default
> > programs.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > On 02/09/16 02:50, Chris Elverson wrote:
> > > Hi all, I recently switched from Picasa to digiKam and am loving it so
> > > far. I am having one issue, however. When I use the option Export >
> > > Email Images... > Select Thunderbird and click Send, I get the
> following
> > > error message: "Failed to start Thunderbird program. Check your
> system."
> > >
> > > I am using the following software versions:
> > > digiKam 5.1.0 using KDE 5.24.0
> > > Mac OS X 10.11.6
> > > Thunderbird 45.3.0
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Chris
> >
> > --
> > Website: http://www.stella-maris.org.uk
> > or:      http://www.broadstairs.org
> >
> >
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> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:21:16 +0200
> > From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
> >         power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: DigiKam Email with Thunderbird
> > Message-ID:
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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> > Oh, you use OSX... Interresting.
> >
> > Which digiKam version exactly ? In 5.x we use mailto::/ url to handle
> > default mail agent set in OSX (not KDE).
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > 2016-09-02 9:01 GMT+02:00 Stuart T Rogers <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>:
> >
> > > In my experience you need Thunderbird to be the default mail program
> and
> > > not just set in Thunderbird but make sure that it is set as default in
> > KDE
> > > as well. As I dont use Mac I dont know how you would check that,
> however
> > in
> > > Linux KDE SystemSettings5 has an toption to set default programs.
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > >
> > > On 02/09/16 02:50, Chris Elverson wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi all, I recently switched from Picasa to digiKam and am loving it so
> > >> far. I am having one issue, however. When I use the option Export >
> > >> Email Images... > Select Thunderbird and click Send, I get the
> following
> > >> error message: "Failed to start Thunderbird program. Check your
> system."
> > >>
> > >> I am using the following software versions:
> > >> digiKam 5.1.0 using KDE 5.24.0
> > >> Mac OS X 10.11.6
> > >> Thunderbird 45.3.0
> > >>
> > >> Any suggestions?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Chris
> > >>
> > >
> > > --
> > > Website: http://www.stella-maris.org.uk
> > > or:      http://www.broadstairs.org
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