183455 - default clicking on PDFs via an <A HREFs in mail messages doesn't open correctly

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P2)

Description

[wazow]

When I click on the link to pdf file (or type it in in the address bar) it opens
acrobat reader plugin embedded in the window. When I send the same link via mail
and open the message in mail reader and click on it then it will ask me if I
should open it with xpdf. 

I have no clue why this happens. 

My plugin configuration:

Actually I have two plugins installed for pdf. One is plugger and the other is
native acrobat plugin. Both should run the acrobat reader (according to
configuration). Plugger would run xpdf if acrobat and ghostview fail (and I see
no reason why acrobat should fail). I am not 100% sure but it seems that it's
npdf (original acrobat) which is run in browser window, because it opens the
reader before finishing to download the file. I think plugger used to wait until
the file is downloaded.

In none of the cases I should be offered xpdf. More surprisingly I think I
should always be offered the same plugin (regardless if in mailer or browser).

I think I have noticed this pecularity when I upgraded from 1.2b to 1.3 trunk.
I do have plugins enabled for mail and news.

build: 2002120121 Linux RH 7.3

workaround: middle click on the link in the mailer and then the pdf file is
opened in the browser (with expected plugin behaviour).

This may be related to commotion around bug 19118.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Sounds like you've turned off plugins in mail or the MIME type is set wrong...

1)  Check the plugins-in-mail pref setting (Preferences > Advanced > Scripts and
    Plugins)
2)  What is the MIME type for the PDF in the email?

Comment 2

[wazow]

Boris -> I have plugins for email on (I have double checked it now) and I write
it in the original report.

I have no clue what mime type is. Note that I do not attach a pdf file to email.
I simply send a link (in text) which reader highlights as URL and I click on
that. I guess mozilla resolves the mime type by some defaults.

In my /etc/mime.types pdf maps to application.pdf.

The most weird is that I have not mangled with the configuration (Except from
upgrading mozilla and copying plugins to the new installation). 

Comment 3

[rubydoo123]

reassign

Comment 4

[Peter Lubczynski]

confirming on Win32 with recent build although the behavior has changed. Now I
get an error message that the PDF could not be found in my local temp folder
(despite the link being remote). However, right clicking Open in New Window does
work as expected.