1526969 - [uk] Verify existing mailto protocol handler and switch to https

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: uk / Ukrainian, enhancement)

Description

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

Firefox and Firefox for Android have the following mailto protocol handler, still using http. We should verify if it's still relevant, and update it to https

http://webmail.meta.ua/compose.php?mail_to=%s
http://mbox.i.ua/compose/?mailto=%s

Comment 1

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

@Artem
Can you confirm if these two websites are still relevant? They both redirect to https (the second with a very different URL), but I'm not sure if they actually work beyond that.

Comment 2

[Artem Polivanchuk]

Hi Francesco!
I already tested the first one - meta.ua - it is relevant and the provided link opens a new email window redirecting to https.
So the actual address is https://webmail.meta.ua/compose.php?mail_to=%s

But I have another question: Would it be possible to either completely avoid this service or replace it with some other?

Comment 3

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Artem Polivanchuk from comment #2)

But I have another question: Would it be possible to either completely avoid this service or replace it with some other?

We need to have something. You can keep the English options (Yahoo!, Gmail) or just one of them. I think we have at least one locale with outlook.com

Comment 4

[Artem Polivanchuk]

OK, if it's not obligatory to have a local email provider, I would replace meta.ua with outlook.com
meta.ua currently is in partnership with several Russian companies including banned in Ukraine Mail.ru and it is not as popular as other local providers.

Can you please provide the whole list of mailto protocol handlers for our locale?
I see there is also Yandex...

Taking a look at the second link in your request...

Comment 5

[Artem Polivanchuk]

I tested http://mbox.i.ua/compose/?mailto=%s
It also works with redirection to https.

But I would avoid this service too.

Our team is curious about protonmail. I know they promised to add the protocol handler about a year ago.

Comment 6

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

The priority is to switch to https handlers right now, since that's a security risk for users, and drop broken links. I'd leave Protonmail for a follow-up bug in case.

You can see the handlers on Tranvision (bottom of the page)
https://transvision.mozfr.org/productization/?locale=uk&product=browser

1. Метапошта
   http://webmail.meta.ua/compose.php?mail_to=%s

2. Пошта I.ua
   http://mbox.i.ua/compose/?mailto=%s

3. Яндекс.Пошта
   https://mail.yandex.ua/compose?mailto=%s

4. Gmail
   https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s

Removing 1 and 2 would leave us with Yandex and Gmail. Should we remove Yandex too (given bug 1402674)?

We could add Outlook as second, and keep Gmail as first. Would that work?

Comment 7

[Artem Polivanchuk]

Yes, we should remove Yandex.

So as per our discussion the final list of handlers should be:

1. Gmail
2. Outlook
3. Protonmail - follow-up bug

Thank you!

Comment 8

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/uk/rev/b4ad5e8dd1e5ae5668c32c436dd757ebcc91a599

I've also removed Yandex from webcal. As of bug 1252831 even en-US doesn't have a webcal handler, so it's fine to not have one.

Comment 9

[Artem Polivanchuk]

Just wanted to ask about calendar :)
So what about Protonmail? Should I create a new Bug?

Thanks!

Comment 10

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Artem Polivanchuk from comment #9)

Just wanted to ask about calendar :)
So what about Protonmail? Should I create a new Bug?

Can you investigate first if there's a way to create a mailto link and passing the recipient address? If that works, please file a bug.

Comment 11

[Artem Polivanchuk]

Ok, reading this https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/an2jhm/browser_mailto_app_entry/
It seems like there is not possible to use direct mailto protocol handler.
The only way is to use email application handler via Protonmail bridge app.