Index: shell/main.c
===================================================================
--- shell/main.c	(revision 37021)
+++ shell/main.c	(working copy)
@@ -397,6 +397,14 @@
 		bonobo_main_quit ();
 	}
 
+	/* This must be done after Bonobo has created all the components. For 
+	 * example the mail component makes the global variable `session` which
+	 * is being used by several EPlugins */
+
+	if (!disable_eplugin) {
+		e_plugin_load_plugins_with_missing_symbols ();
+	}
+
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -675,7 +683,7 @@
 		e_plugin_hook_register_type(e_plugin_type_hook_get_type());
 		e_plugin_hook_register_type(e_import_hook_get_type());
 		e_plugin_hook_register_type(E_TYPE_PLUGIN_UI_HOOK);
-		e_plugin_load_plugins();
+		e_plugin_load_plugins ();
 	}
 
 #ifdef DEVELOPMENT
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- ChangeLog	(revision 37021)
+++ ChangeLog	(working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-01-09  Philip Van hoof  <philip codeminded be>
+
+	* shell/main.c: EPlugins must be loaded after Bonobo init, else variables
+	like `session` are not available for plugin's initialization functions.
+	(Fixes Bug #565681)
+
 2009-01-08  Milan Crha  <mcrha redhat com>
 
 	** Part of fix for bug #565376
Index: e-util/e-plugin.c
===================================================================
--- e-util/e-plugin.c	(revision 37021)
+++ e-util/e-plugin.c	(working copy)
@@ -608,8 +608,7 @@
 			}
 
 			while ( (d = g_dir_read_name(dir)) ) {
-				if (strlen(d) > 6
-						&& !strcmp(d + strlen(d) - 6, ".eplug")) {
+				if (g_str_has_suffix  (d, ".eplug")) {
 					char * name = g_build_filename(path, d, NULL);
 
 					ep_load(name, i);
@@ -987,8 +986,10 @@
    pages.
 */
 
+static GList *missing_symbols = NULL;
+
 static int
-epl_loadmodule(EPlugin *ep)
+epl_loadmodule(EPlugin *ep, gboolean fatal)
 {
 	EPluginLib *epl = E_PLUGIN_LIB (ep);
 	EPluginLibEnableFunc enable;
@@ -997,7 +998,10 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	if ((epl->module = g_module_open(epl->location, 0)) == NULL) {
-		g_warning("can't load plugin '%s': %s", epl->location, g_module_error());
+		if (fatal)
+			g_warning("can't load plugin '%s': %s", epl->location, g_module_error());
+		else
+			missing_symbols = g_list_prepend (missing_symbols, g_object_ref (ep));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -1013,6 +1017,22 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void
+e_plugin_load_plugins_with_missing_symbols (void)
+{
+	GList *list = missing_symbols;
+
+	while (list) {
+		EPlugin *ep = list->data;
+		epl_loadmodule (ep, TRUE);
+		g_object_unref (ep);
+		list = g_list_next (list);
+	}
+
+	g_list_free (missing_symbols);
+	missing_symbols = NULL;
+}
+
 static void *
 epl_invoke(EPlugin *ep, const char *name, void *data)
 {
@@ -1024,7 +1044,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (epl_loadmodule(ep) != 0)
+	if (epl_loadmodule(ep, FALSE) != 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!g_module_symbol(epl->module, name, (void *)&cb)) {
@@ -1041,7 +1061,7 @@
 	EPluginLib *epl = E_PLUGIN_LIB (ep);
 	gpointer symbol;
 
-	if (epl_loadmodule (ep) != 0)
+	if (epl_loadmodule (ep, FALSE) != 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!g_module_symbol (epl->module, name, &symbol))
@@ -1080,9 +1100,15 @@
 
 		tmp = xmlGetProp(root, (const unsigned char *)"load-on-startup");
 		if (tmp) {
+			if (strcmp (tmp, "after-ui") == 0) {
+				missing_symbols = g_list_prepend (missing_symbols, g_object_ref (ep));
+			} else {
+				if (epl_loadmodule(ep, FALSE) != 0) {
+					xmlFree(tmp);
+					return -1;
+				}
+			}
 			xmlFree(tmp);
-			if (epl_loadmodule(ep) != 0)
-				return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1097,7 +1123,7 @@
 
 	pd (printf ("\n epl_get_configure_widget \n"));
 
-	if (epl_loadmodule (ep) != 0) {
+	if (epl_loadmodule (ep, FALSE) != 0) {
 		pd (printf ("\n epl_loadmodule  \n"));
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1122,7 +1148,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	/* this will noop if we're disabling since we tested it above */
-	if (epl_loadmodule(ep) != 0)
+	if (epl_loadmodule(ep, FALSE) != 0)
 		return;
 
 	if (g_module_symbol(epl->module, "e_plugin_lib_enable", (void *)&enable)) {
Index: e-util/e-plugin.h
===================================================================
--- e-util/e-plugin.h	(revision 37021)
+++ e-util/e-plugin.h	(working copy)
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 int e_plugin_construct(EPlugin *ep, xmlNodePtr root);
 void e_plugin_add_load_path(const char *);
 int e_plugin_load_plugins(void);
+void e_plugin_load_plugins_with_missing_symbols(void);
 GSList * e_plugin_list_plugins(void);
 
 void e_plugin_register_type(GType type);