Feature request -> mailto: link subject parsing

[Brian Wang]

Is it possible to add a feature to parse the Subject/Body parameters when the mailto link is clicked on, and fill in the Subject/Body field with the parsed value in the new message screen?

See below example :

mailto:XX...@YYY.COM?Subject=SUBJECTEXAMPLE&Body=BODYTEXT

After the above mailto link is clicked, the new message screen should have subject filled with "SUBJECTEXAMPLE" and message body with "BODYTEXT" in them.

Currently, this works in Thunderbird and iPad/iPhone's mail clients.  But it appears K-9 does not support this.  We actually need this feature for our organization's mail workflow solution.

-Brian

[cketti]

This should work. It is possible that the method we use to decode the
mailto URI treats parameters case sensitive. Try
mailto:te...@example.com?subject=your%20subject&body=some%20text%20here

[Brian Wang]

Thank you for all the help!  Yes, it does work now after changing our mail workflow script to use all lowercase on Subject/Body parameters.

Perhaps, this could be case insensitive in the future?  We are able to modify our server scripts, but for all the website mailto links in the wild, this issue still exists.

-Brian

[cketti]

On 09.11.2012 02:18, Brian Wang wrote:
> Thank you for all the help! Yes, it does work now after changing our
> mail workflow script to use all lowercase on Subject/Body parameters.
>
> Perhaps, this could be case insensitive in the future? We are able to
> modify our server scripts, but for all the website mailto links in the
> wild, this issue still exists.
>

There's no fast way to make that change, because the API we use handles
query parameters case-sensitive. I believe both Gmail and Email have the
same problem.

This issue is not very important to me, so I won't work on this anytime
soon. If anyone else wants to give it a try: the relevant method is
MessageCompose.initializeFromMailto():
https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/blob/master/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/MessageCompose.java#L3244

I'd be happy to review a patch for this.

[Mouse]

I would keep it case-sensitive. Applications that need insensitivity are welcome to do toLowerCase() or such before calling API. Just document it nicely.

My $0.02.

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[cketti]

On 09.11.2012 14:39, Mouse wrote:
> I would keep it case-sensitive. Applications that need insensitivity are welcome to do toLowerCase() or such before calling API. Just document it nicely.
>
> My $0.02.

mailto-URIs are a documented in RFC 6068. I quote:

"<hfname> is case-insensitive, but <hfvalue> in general is case-sensitive"

<hfname> is e.g. the "body" in mailto:us...@example.com?body=some%20text

[Veres-Szentkiralyi Andras]

2012. november 9. péntek 14:32:12 dátummal cketti ezt írta:
> I'd be happy to review a patch for this.

Challenge accepted: https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/pull/205
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Regards,
András Veres-Szentkirályi