When running Nylas Mail with --background (or -b) it doesn't start in the background, instead it starts the first startup screen.

[hacker1024]

Are there any related issues?

#1251 Kind of related

What operating system are you using?

Linux Mint 18.1 (64-bit)

What version of Nylas Mail are you using?

2.0.18

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Bug?

Do you have any third-party plugins installed? If so, which ones?

No

Is the issue related to a specific email provider (Gmail, Exchange, etc.)?

No

Is the issue reproducible with a particular attachment, message, signature, etc?

Try running /path/to/nylas-mail ---background or /path/to/nylas-mail -b

Screenshots

Feature Request?

Does this feature exist in another mail client or tool you use?

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[dylanparry]

I'm seeing the same issue in Ubuntu 17.04.

[nihil21]

Same issue on KDE Neon 5.9.4. I had wrote about it in #3401, but it was closed.

[nickabbooo]

I'm encountering the same issue in Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS

[queuedq]

Same here. It seems it's because Nylas Mail launches in background only in dev mode.

[stankul]

I think the problem is the same key is used for benchmark mode and background start.

[rodrigoslayertech]

Same problem in Linux Mint 18.1 with KDE 5.8.6! Nylas Mail does not open in the background and every time it opens it asks for password keyring! This problem greatly irritates Linux users!

[j-rahman]

I can confirm the same problem on Xubuntu 16.04 LTS.

[koxu1996]

I was trying to add Nylas to autostart on Ubuntu 16.04 and I encountered same issue.

[lbngoc]

Same issue with me on Linux Mint 18.1

[hernandez87v]

In order to get the option for "Launch on system start" I had to remove snap package and install the deb package directly from the mailspring site.

Now I have the system tray icon and starts in background!

Im using Ubuntu 19.10 Mailspring 1.7.2