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4/27/2009 9:35 AM
 

FWIW I had the same experiance as Jari on a DNN site for the DayOfDnn event in Tampa.  I hadn't seen this prior to this morning.

Jeff

 
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4/28/2009 3:51 AM
 

I expect it to open a new mail, as a normal mailto link would do, not to open a new page as well.

 

Sebastian Leupold wrote

anything the portal can do, is providing the mailto: link, what do you expect?

 
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4/28/2009 3:56 AM
 

Thanks Kai!

It solved the problem!

Question is: does it open up some vulnerabilities when using mailto links in the future? I.e. making it easier for spammail harvesterbots to find the adresses on the page?

/Jari

 
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4/28/2009 5:33 AM
 

 

Sorry, my bad... it did not solve the problem... tested with wrong browser ( a little tired )... it is only in IE the problem occurs though...

Check it out here: http://dev.uanet.se/Bengtsfors/tabid/56/Default.aspx

Just click on the name Bengt-Åke Larsson which is the link.

/Jari

Jari Ivanoff wrote

Thanks Kai!

It solved the problem!

Question is: does it open up some vulnerabilities when using mailto links in the future? I.e. making it easier for spammail harvesterbots to find the adresses on the page?

/Jari

 
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4/28/2009 6:04 AM
 

Hi Jari.

Strange things are happening. In fact the content of the browser window changes only to the static text mailto:...... but also a warning message appears asking me whether your web should open an outllook window. After accepting i can see a new mail with your mail-adress in the TO-Line.

In the status-line of my browser i can see when hovering over the mail link:
location.href='mailto:'+String.fromCharCode(98,101,110,103,116,115,102,111,114,115,64,118,108,45,98,117,115,115,46,115,101)+'?'

When going to my portal where i applied this "fix", i can see this in the status bar (in fact i x-d out my domain here):
mailto:info@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX?subject=Fehler%20auf%20der%20Homepage&body=Hallo.%0D%0A%0D%0AIch%20habe%20einen%20Fehler%20auf%20Eurer%20Homepage%20entdeckt.%0D%0A

Go into your Text/HTML-Module, switch to Source and search for the mail link. Does it look like mine?
<a href="mailto:info@XXXXXXXXXXXXX?subject=Fehler%20auf%20der%20Homepage&amp;body=Hallo.%0D%0A%0D%0AIch%20habe%20einen%20Fehler%20auf%20Eurer%20Homepage%20entdeckt.%0D%0A"><strong><em><font color="#ff0000">hier</font></em></strong></a>

I just typed in the word "hier" (german for here), clicked it and created a mail-link out of it. Thats it.

It could help also, that you restart your application as host and emtpy the cache!

Kai

 
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