mailto: with Body part broken (was: Re: [Evolution] Three small questions about Evolution)

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > I believe most people don't use it, cause they aren't used to it, forget
> > about it or just don't care. I even have seen folks not using the
> > Preformat style, after I explicitly pointed it out -- sending yet
> > another mail with a note stating it is meant to be in a single line...
>
> My only experience with Preformat is when I use Send Link in Firefox to
> send a page URL to someone. The URL comes up in Preformat style in the
> message text, which is probably the only sensible default, but then I
> have to turn it off if I'm adding a comment, which is *every single
> time*.
>
> In other words, for me Preformat always gets in the way.

This is a particular issue of its own. It's not Preformat itself getting
in your way, but a poor default...

I never used this before, so I just had a look. You are right, this link
is on a line with Preformat style, which probably is a good idea for
this line. Anyway, that's about it where the behavior is good. Anything
else is broken.

a) There is only this line. There should be at least one other line
below the link where the use can enter some more text. This line should
be Normal by default.

b) There is no signature. Even though the Signature dropdown shows my
default accounts signature name, there is none. Which is a bug.


Specifically, this is a bug in the mailto: behavior of Evo. Apparently
Firefox calls the default MUA with the common parameters, in this case

  mailto:?Body=<link>

Providing the Body part results in the broken behavior.


At least this is my 2 cents worth...

...guenther


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