Currently if you want to mail photos from Picasa 3 in Thunderbird 3 fails due to this bug .
Workaround for this problem
Open terminal and run the following commands
$ cd /usr/bin
$gksudo gedit picasa-hook-email.sh
Copy and paste the script below into the editor, and edit (if neccessary) the "PATH_TO_TBIRD=" line to the command that normally launches Thunderbird. (If you have a desktop launcher for Thunderbird then open it with kwrite and look at the "exec=" line.)
#!/bin/sh
# picasa-hook-email.sh
# Edit the next line
PATH_TO_TBIRD=thunderbird
emailstr=$(echo "$1″|sed ‘s/mailto:?/to=,/'|\
sed ‘s/&cc=/,cc=/'|sed ‘s/&bcc=/,bcc=/'|sed "s/&body=/,body=\'/"|\
sed "s/&attach=/\',attachment=\'file:\/\//"|sed ‘s/&attach=/,file:\/\//g')"‘"
$PATH_TO_TBIRD -compose "$emailstr"
#End of picasa-hook-email.sh
Save and exit the file
Or You can download this script from here
Now you need to change the permissions to the script
$chmod 755 /usr/bin/picasa-hook-email.sh
Now you need to close your thunderbird and open it again you should be able to mail photos from Picasa 3 in Thunderbird 3
Thanks to Josh Stump for this tip
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I haven’t had this problem…yet.
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I created the script and have it working, but shouldn’t the picture I want to send be already attached in the e-mail?
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Well, this did allow a compose message window to open, but it didn’t attach the pic. Thoughts?
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It does not work at all…
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Seems doesn’t work in Picasa 3.6
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Works on Picasa 3.8 running on Mint 9. Thanks!
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Neither this nor any other alleged Picasa and Thunderbird solutions have worked for me.
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I apologize for the previous comment! This script works perfectly with Tbird 3.0.1.0 and Picasa 3.0.0; My mistake was to use the command in the Tbird launcher (thunderbird $u) instead of the simple “thunderbird” in the first line. Thanks!
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Can someone copy the working scriptfile and post it here. I can´t seem to get it working, using Picasa 3.8 and Mint 9,
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OK one step further, Thunderbird opens, but there is no attachment no. Any clues?
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I wrote this script back in 2010 for use in Mandriva with Picasa 3.00 (Build 57.4402,0) and the early versions of Thunderbird 3
Here is the original article:-
http://forum.mandriva.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=124148&hilit=picasa
It would have been good to see some credit here
The instructions posted here are not very clear, and possibly explain some of the problems.
1. The script must be saved to /usr/bin
2. It must be made executable
3. The PATH_TO_TBIRD= must hold the command that runs Thunderbird.
I just tested it again in Mageia 2 with Thunderbird Daily build and my original Picasa version and it works perfectly.
I have not tested with any later versions of Picasa as the one I have does all I need
I hope that helps,
Barry
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Now second month of trying to solve this. Have put exact script into picasa-hook-email.sh and copied file to /usr/bin, /opt/google and all folders containing picasa. Have also tried changing “PATH_TO_TBIRD” to “thunderbird %u”, etc. Am using Mint 14 on Acer laptop – funny thing is I beat it last year on PC running Ubuntu, but can’t remember how!
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