420121 - Link in Thunderbird mail doesn't open web site

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Roland]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)
Build Identifier: Internet Explorer version 7.05730.11

When I click on a link in  Thunderbird mail, my Internet Explorer browser opens, but the web site doesn't open.  The same happens if I click on Release Notes or Mozilla Thunderbird help.  If I copy the link and paste it in the Internet Explorer browser, the web site does open, but this requires an two extra steps.  How can I get the link to load in the Internet Explorer browser when it opens.  

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Cl;ick on link in email message
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Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

You probably have to reset the default browser. (Set some other browser in between, then the preferred one again.)

Comment 2

[ovidiu]

could be duplicate bug 393927 ..

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Not so likely (I doubt this bug was for trunk).
Roland: did you try comment 1? Still a problem?

Comment 5

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Roland did resetting you default browser work ?

Comment 6

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO due to lack of response to last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.

Comment 7

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Attachment: A message containing a link that does not open

I've just experienced this bug with the attached email. Might be a configuration Error. I experienced it on Mac/Shredder beta3pre.

Comment 8

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

(In reply to comment #7)
> Created an attachment (id=367215) [details]
> A message containing a link that does not open
> 
> I've just experienced this bug with the attached email. Might be a
> configuration Error. I experienced it on Mac/Shredder beta3pre.

That email looks like its been modified/generated wrong. When I decode the source I see:

<A 
title=blocked::http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2009/02/un-astronome-la.html 
href="blocked::http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2009/02/un-astronome-la.html">http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2009/02/un-astronome-la.html</A>

I think what we're doing there is assuming the protocol scheme is "blocked" and not "http".

Comment 9

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #8)
> I think what we're doing there is assuming the protocol scheme is "blocked" and
> not "http".

That's the visual feedback I get when hoovering over the link.

Comment 10

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

According to the google, Outlook has a "security" "feature" which will put up a "Opening Other Programs Is Scary And Bad" warning when you click links in email, which it does by rewriting the URLs to blocked::http::.

Sure, anyone who gave it two minutes thought would realize that people will copy-paste those blocked::http:: links into mail that they then send to other people, but if those other people aren't also using Outlook and thus don't just get the "Scary And Bad" dialog, screw 'em.

However, that's absolutely and unquestionably _not this bug_, since comment 0 talks about the relnote menuitem as well as links.