Ack, thanks for the detailed rationale Max. Users who come across the issue will indeed appreciate to find an explanation here.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861262 Title: Add message/rfc822 to thunderbird.desktop Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Please add message/rfc822 to thunderbird.desktop: -MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall; +MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;application/x-xpinstall;message/rfc822; It will allow to open *.eml files. I attach an example eml file. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1861262/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp