[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 87685] include ODF opening options announcement by default when sending document by e-mail

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87685

--- Comment #15 from Kenneth Hanson <khanson679 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #13)
> Sending per email opens the default mail program with the document as
> attachment (not only as odt but also docx is possible). Why should we fill
> message body of the email client? Isn't it rather a task for this program?

The OP has an example of a use case where the same sort of message is meant to
be repeatedly emailed, and that message is logically tied to the action of
sending a file from LO.

The closest comparison I can think of off the top of my head is how Git opens
your editor with some pre-filled content when you use the "commit" command.
(Insert your own example here if you have a better one.)

Another use case would be to create a simple template communicating that you
are sending a file, where it would be great to be able to press "send"
immediately after the email client opens. For example:
From: YOUR_EMAIL
Subject: FILENAME.EXT
Body: YOUR_NAME has sent the file FILENAME.EXE, attached to this message.

The current content is too bare-bones, and different people might want this
formatted differently.

I don't use a desktop email client, so I don't know what they are capable of.
Perhaps they are smart enough to fill these kinds of templates on these kinds
of triggers (being opened with an attachment from an external program). But I
sort of doubt it.

Given that LO has the ability to send mail, I think it's worthwhile to make
this feature as useful as possible.

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