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konqueror misinterprets mailto: link with #

Bug #175152 reported by Graeme Hewson
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KDE Base
Invalid
Medium
kdebase (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: konqueror

With this code:

<html>
<a href="mailto:x#<email address hidden>">mail
</html>

Konqueror 3.5.6 interprets the email address as just "x", i.e., it drops everything including and to the right of the "#" character. Hovering the mouse cursor over the link shows the bad address at the bottom of the Konqueror window, and clicking on the link opens Kontact/Kmail with the bad address in the To box.

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Guillaume Martres (smarter) wrote :

I can confirm this, but I think that this bug should be marked as Invalid because "the "#" character is not an allowed character as part of an email address as per RFC 822"(found after a bit of googling).

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Graeme Hewson (ghewson) wrote :

I don't know which part of RFC 822 you're referring to, but it's been superseded by RFC 2822. This allows "#" characters in the local part of the address (section 3.2.4, the definition of "atom", and section 3.4.1, the definition of "local-part").

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Ian MacGregor (ardchoille42) wrote :

Confirmed for me using konqueror 3.5.8 on kde 3.5.8 in Kubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy).

Changed in kdebase:
status: New → Confirmed
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

This is still an issue with Konqueror 4.0.83 in Intrepid.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Someone please forward the report to http://bugs.kde.org
Thank you

Changed in kdebase:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Marcus Asshauer (mcas) wrote :

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171528

Changed in kdebase:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
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Changed in kdebase:
status: Unknown → New
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in kdebase:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in kdebase:
status: New → Invalid
Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
Changed in kdebase:
status: Invalid → Unknown
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Changed in kdebase:
status: Unknown → Invalid
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Invalid.
Please check the KDE bug for an exact description why this is a correct behavior.

Changed in kdebase:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Changed in kdebase:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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