[horde] Horde Webmail mangles web link with query arguments - Why ?

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von mark david mcCreary <mdm at internet-tools.com>:

> I am not a Horde user, but I do send mailing list messages to some
> people that use Horde webmail.
>
> I send out a link at the bottom of mailing list messages for people to
> unsubscribe by clicking.  As you can see, it contains their list name
> (Elvis in this case) and email address.
>
>
> To unsubscribe, click on the following web page.
> http://cgi.mail-list.com/u?ln=elvis&nm=mdm@internet-tools.com
>
>
>
> When received at Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail etc, and received at all
> regular email readers, the link is blue and clickable.
>
> I am gettting reports from a Horde user that his unsubscribe link is
> mangled, while other links in the email are fine.
>
> His unsubscribe link looks like this
>
>
> To unsubscribe, click on the following web page.
> nm=mdm at internet-tools.com" target="_blank">http://cgi.mail-list.com/u?
> ln=elvis&nm=mdm at internet-tools.com

This has been fixed in newer versions.

> So it's doubling up the nm argument, putting it at the beginning, and
> throwing in target=_blank
>
> Why is Horde mangling the link to the cgi script ?
>
> Is there something I can do to stop this, like change the name of my
> script arguments ?

Don't use an @ character in your link.

Jan.

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