157019 - URL encoding/access problems

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 170241

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Chris Rebert]

OS:Win98 SE
Mozilla: version 1.1a, build ID #2002061104

When I click on any link in the attached e-mail it enters the URL into the
browser with all the "."s changed to "%2E"s. (Ex. it changes
"http://go.msn.com/AA/0" to "http://go%2Emsn%2Ecom/AA/0/") And I've checked that
the e-mail is correct because  when I hover over the links they appear in the
status bar without the substitution, and when I perform the substitution the
URLs work. I am pretty sure it has something to do with encoding.

Comment 1

[Chris Rebert]

Attachment: Example Message

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 170241 ***

Comment 3

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

verified dup

Comment 4

[benc]

The problem here is that status bar unescapes the URL to make your life as an
end user easier. This is not considered the greatest behavior by some, including me.