388397 - Mailto protocol does not bring destination email or subject to compose window

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Alex]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4

When I click on any mailto link it opens up my Yahoo mail compose screen but the email address and subject from the mailto link are not transfered.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open any webpage
2.Click a mailto link on the page
Actual Results:  
Compose window is brought up but email address and other information from mailto tag are not transfered

Expected Results:  
To: and Subject: should be filled in on page load.

The URL my mailto is bringing up looks like this

http://us.f542.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?YY=63790&y5beta=yes%20mailto:[e-mail]?subject=Cricket%20Cell%20Phone!%20-%20$30&.clntymver=2005.1.1.12&.cldefstat=Def1

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.