1343709 - Links in text email which contain spaces don't work

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1285741

(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, defect)

Description

[David Dyer-Bennet]

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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:51.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/51.0
Build ID: 20170125094131

Steps to reproduce:

(I'm running version 45.7.1, which is current; I picked the only option in version where "45" was the main content, hope that is correct!)

I received a text email which contained a link, enclosed in angle brackets.  I hover over the link to display the URL in the bottom status bar, or click on the link to actually follow it. The URL contains a space.


Actual results:

In both the hover display, and when actually following the link, the space is removed, resulting in a broken link (no such page at the destination site, I get a 404 in the browser).  (If I manually restore the space in the browser address box, then I get to the intended page.)


Expected results:

The text of the URL should have been left alone, and when I click on it I should get to the page pointed to. 

Attached is a screenshot, showing both the email text with the link text highlighted, and the broken URL displayed in the bottom status bar. Although the screenshot doesn't show it, I've got the cursor hovering over the third and last link.  The problem does also occur with the other two.

Comment 1

[Jorg K (CEST = GMT+2)]

The URL shouldn't contain a space, instead %20 should be used. Duplicate of bug 1285741.

Comment 2

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Everything but Thunderbird seems to work fine with the space.  Be strict in what you send, but generous in what you accept!