17538 2008-10-12 23:53:48 +0400 calls mailx from Firefox in a bad way 2010-11-24 08:10:37 +0300 1 1 3 Distributions Branch 4.0 url_handler 4.0 all Linux CLOSED FIXED P2 critical --- 1 imz ldv kharpost qa-4.0 oldest_to_newest 79522 0 imz 2008-10-12 23:53:48 +0400 url_handler-0.3.0-alt1 In Lite 4.0.3, if you press on a "mailto" link in Firefox, an undesirable thing happens: (only the last handler is available, it's mailx) mailx is not run in a terminal, so it has no input, and as a result, it even not merely fails, but rather sends some message (empty? or whatever -- that's not important) without your consent to send it. Probably, that's either because the specification '/usr/bin/mailx --':VT in /etc/urlview/url_handlers has un unsuitable mode (VT: Launch in the same terminal) or because the VT mode is not handled correctly in the script (it shouldn't be started if there is no interactive input). The latter thing must be fixed: a VT program shouldn't be run with no interactive input: so either it should forcibly run in an xterm in such case, or it should simply fail. As for the first thing, I don't know whether XT would indeed be a better mode for mailx. 79524 1 imz 2008-10-13 00:45:54 +0400 What happens: $ mailx -v -- imz < /dev/null No message, no subject; hope that's ok Mail Delivery Status Report will be mailed to <imz>. $ 79525 2 imz 2008-10-13 00:49:30 +0400 One more possible workaround/solution/enhancement: call mailx in url_handlers in a forced interactive mode; then it will fail in such cases: $ mailx -v -I -- imz < /dev/null mailx: tcgetattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device $ But that won't solve the problem of sending mail from Firefox when no other mailers are available. So, there is still need for some modification, such that xterm will be used in such cases. 79813 3 imz 2008-10-18 20:00:11 +0400 <a href="mailto:imz@example.com">An example link</a> to press in Firefox (which generates an empty message). Another way to reproduce: right click, and "Send" in the menu. It generates an empty message to nowhere. (See postfix logs.) 115611 4 repository-robot 2010-11-24 05:14:43 +0300 url_handler-0.3.1-alt1 -> sisyphus: * Wed Nov 24 2010 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux> 0.3.1-alt1 - url_handler.sh: added "mailto" type autodetection (closes: #24627). - url_handlers: changed mailx mode to XT (closes: #17538). - url_handler.sh: treat BROWSER and MAILER environment variables as colon-separated lists without necessary full path (closes: #3482).