Ok, that is a bit different then what I thought. However, it still sounds like a bug in Evolution :)
I have not used Evolution, so can't comment on configuration... good luck! Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert G. (Doc) Savage Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:10 AM To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Evolution ampersand in URL Importance: High On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 08:09 -0700, Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] wrote: > Well, I don't know if it is a bug or not, but '&' is the HTML entity > for the symbol '&'. The format for these symbols is '&<name>;' or > '&#<number>;', and the name for '&' is 'amp'. > > I think it probably is a bug because I don't believe those HTML entities > are valid in a URL. It looks like they are re-formatting the URL for > more precise display but also changing the underlying link. > > Can you "view source" from within the message? You should see the code > around the link like: > > <a href="http://xxxxxxxxxx&xxxxx";>http://xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx</a> > > but I bet you are seeing: > > <a href="http://xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx";>http://xxxxxxxxx&xxxxx</a> Kevin, I've attached the original message source (with the originator's e-mail info obscured). As you can see, the URL is properly formed in the message as received. The problem arises when I try to anything *to* that message with the Evolution client. Evolution changes "&" to "&" whenever I try to act on the URL as described in the original post. It does the same when I Reply To or Forward the message. If this behavior can be suppressed, I haven't found where. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
