Bug 149895

Summary:	Help for sending Email
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Timur <timur>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	olivier.hallot, timur
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3.0.0 alpha1+
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151314
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Bug Blocks:	111591

Description Timur 2022-07-07 13:08:35 UTC

Help for sending email is at:
https://help.libreoffice.org/7.5/en-US/text/shared/optionen/01020300.html?System=UNIX&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=cui/ui/optemailpage/OptEmailPage#bm_id7723015

(why it's different when called as https://help.libreoffice.org/7.5/en-US/text/shared/optionen/01020300.html ? )

It should explain more how mail can used. Like:

"Supported are thunderbird/icedove, seamonkey/iceape, netscape/mozilla, evolution, kmail, groupwise, sylpheed/claws, dtmail, gnome/geary?, and command client mutt.

If email program is not specified here, default system email program is used via xdg-email or kde-open".

https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/shell/source/unix/misc/senddoc.sh

iceape (seamonkey), icedove (thunderbird) were Debian rebranded clients but are long unmaintained. Only SeaMonkey is actual. 
I'm not sure what "gnome" is, or is geary supported.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/General/033 is out of date. 

This help page should also be related to https://help.libreoffice.org/7.5/en-US/text/shared/01/01160200.html.

Comment 1 Timur 2022-07-07 13:31:12 UTC

Bug 116211 says "Help (on tools/options/internet/email) is not at all helpful".

Comment 2 Timur 2022-07-28 13:54:31 UTC

Also https://help.libreoffice.org/7.5/en-US/text/shared/guide/email.html says: 
"Working in LibreOfficeDev, you can send the current document as an email attachment.
    Choose File - Send - Email Document.
    LibreOfficeDev opens your default email program.
    In your email program, enter the recipient, subject and any text you want to add, then send the email."

But it should link to Help that explains about configuring email.

Also should be added issue of using webmail, as raised in bug 70961. 
There I wrote that another local program should be used to communicate with webmail, so that LO uses it as it's supported program.