[Bug 757976] [NEW] Thunderbird attachment name changes cause send error

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Binary package hint: nautilus-sendto

I've got Thunderbird set up as my default MUA in Gnome.  (System ->
Preferences -> Preferred applications.)  When I right-click on a file in
Nautilus -> Send To..., the attachment name shows up in an e-mail
composition window.  However, the name of the attachment is messed up.

If I'm attaching a file called "Personal Learning Plan - 2010-2011.pdf",
it gets renamed to "Personal%20Learning%20Plan%20-%202010-2011.pdf" with
some sort of URL encoding.  When clicking send, this results in the
following error:

"Sending of message failed.
Unable to open the temporary file /path/to/file/Learning%20plans/Personal%20Learning%20Plan%20-%202010-2011.pdf. Check your 'Temporary Directory' setting."

However, there's nothing wrong with this directory setting, as it works
fine without using Send To.

The workaround:
1) Right click on the attachment -> Remove Attachment.
2) Click on Attach, and then select the file from the file browser.
3) The file name will now be correct, without the URL encoding.
4) The message can now be sent.

There is a bit of a discussion on this topic over at
http://ubuntuswitch.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/howto-use-mozilla-
thunderbird-in-nautilus-send-to-instead-of-evolution-for-attachments/.

Thunderbird version information:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110223 Thunderbird/3.1.8

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nautilus-sendto 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 11 15:39:29 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: nautilus-sendto

** Affects: nautilus-sendto
     Importance: Medium
         Status: New

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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Thunderbird attachment name changes cause send error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/757976
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