evolution mailto CLI cannot handle attachments with "#" in filename

[Bob Blanchard]

When attempting to attach a file from the command line using "evolution 'mailto:?attachment=file:///...' " and the filename has a "#" (0x23) in it, the filename gets truncated at the "#", and therefore cannot attach the file. URI-encoded filenames have the same problem (with %23).

This is a fairly serious problem since OpenOffice uses this method for attaching files with choosing "File -> Send..". So any OpenOffice document with "#" in the filename, cannot be sent with evolution. (of course workaround is saving the file, and then launching evolution, and attaching from a compose window ... a total pain).

**Steps To Reproduce... Create an OpenOffice document with a "#" in the name.. set evolution as your mail handler.. and try to send the document. OR try from the command line: evolution 'mailto:?attachment=file:///home/user/some # document'

Below is example of how OO uri-encodes the filename, but evolution still truncates after the %23

++ echo 'file:///tmp/svjia.tmp/svjm4.tmp/K1 London #2 (asdf) CofA.pdf'
++ /usr/lib/openoffice/program/uri-encode
+ MAILTO='attachment=file:///tmp/svjia.tmp/svjm4.tmp/K1%20London%20%20%232%20%20%20(asdf)%20CofA.pdf'
+ shift
+ shift
+ '[' '' '!=' '' ']'
+ MAILTO='mailto:?attachment=file:///tmp/svjia.tmp/svjm4.tmp/K1%20London%20%20%232%20%20%20(asdf)%20CofA.pdf'
+ evolution 'mailto:?attachment=file:///tmp/svjia.tmp/svjm4.tmp/K1%20London%20%20%232%20%20%20(asdf)%20CofA.pdf'
+ exit 0

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

confirming, will look upstream, thanks for the report.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've sent this upstream at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562886 ; thanks for reporting.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

this is fixed upstream already, thanks for reporting.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

upstream rolled a new stable version today which has been uploaded as a candidate update to intrepid now

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Bob Blanchard (blabj)]

Will this fix make it into hardy? It is an LTS release.. and is my companies primary platform.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that seems to be a good candidate for a backport once the fix has been confirmed to work on intrepid and jaunty

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 2.24.3-0ubuntu1

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evolution (2.24.3-0ubuntu1) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    Bug Fixes:
    - #332729: Invalid write with outspring from e-config.c
    - #337082: Unnamed imap folder (lp: #37227)
    - #435452: Adding People to Meeting Loses Attendee if Add or
               Busy Search Selected
    - #435694: Retract of Email from Sent Items Does not Work
    - #439733: Checking for junk before training
    - #446285: Meeting Entry Does Not Allow Multiple Names
    - #458968: Don't warn the user about changes being lost if he is trying to
               delegate the meeting
    - #546637: Mail opened from the "Unread mails" displays empty (lp: #275952)
    - #551599: Do not fallback to default 15 minutes alarm offset if alarm is
               triggered at start
    - #552583: Passwords don't get stored when using other authentication
            type than "Password"
    - #552583: Free the right url
    - #552583: Account checking logic a bit more consistent
    - #552583: Fix bugs in the account checking logic
    - #552583: Compare the protocol, user, host and port and disregard the rest
    - #555663: Evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in gconf-bridge (lp: #280675)
    - #556303: Evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in camel_mime_part_get_filename
               (lp: #304385)
    - #557176: Crash while trying to click on 'Contacts'
    - #558337: Evolution crashes while managing IMAP folder subscriptions
    - #559153: Unable to convert mailboxes from Hardy to Intrepid versions
    - #560420: Failed spamassassin pipe on Evolution (lp: #275746)
    - #562091: New share memo window doesn't come up
    - #562155: Evolution stopped to start
    - #562450: Edit as New Message doesn't copy the content of a
               GPG signed message
    - #562886: Evolution mailto CLI cannot handle attachments with
               "#" in filename (lp: #304036)
    - #563077: Evolution crashes if gnome-settings-daemon is not
               started on Solaris
    - #563250: Save and restore custom composer accelerators
    - #563369: "Templates" folder not translated
    - #564007: Messages do not show inline decrypted message by default
    - #564860: Evolution crashes in e_util_labels_parse if the labels don't have
               the correct format
    - #565553: Right click on an attachment in calendar event
               and chose application does not work
    - #566653: Local folder's DnD aren't saved well to DB
  * debian/control:
    - updated evolution-data-server requirement

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:23:51 +0100

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the new version is in jaunty now