204911 - mailto: link in message pane should use current account's identity for message compose format

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 194809

(MailNews Core :: Networking: POP, defect)

Description

[Sean Su]

The mailto: links that show up in the message pane currently use the default
account's identity to determine the message compose format to open.

It should be using the identity from the account that the message is in.

to reproduce:
1) run mozilla mail
2) make sure there's at least 2 accounts
3) make sure account #1 is set to compose new messages in PlainText mode
4) make sure account #2 is set to compose new messages in HTML mode
5) open a message in account #2 that has an email address in the message pane.
6) click on the email address.

Notice that this brings up the mail compose window in PlainText mode.  It should
be bringing it up in HTML mode.

Comment 1

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

format is important, but I think getting the right identity is equally important.

I think the fix for this will be to mailWindow.js, see messagePaneOnClick()

if the url has a scheme of mailto, we have to jump in, and handle it, and set
the identity for the compose window.

note to scott, thunderbird has forked mailWindow.js, so you won't be able to
take advantage of this fix directly.

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** Bug 176738 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** Bug 194809 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[http://tinymailto.com/oliversl]

Bug #194809 is not a dupe of this.
Bug #190120 solved the bug #194809

Comment 5

[http://tinymailto.com/oliversl]

Reporter: please mark this bug as a dupe of bug #194809 , created 2 months
earlier. Thanks.

Comment 6

[Jason M. Abels]

This bug is a sub-symptom of bug 194809, and I don't think it really needs its
own bug. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 194809 ***