HTML tag mailto generates wrong address

Question

I am using ubuntu 15.04 and chrome. When i click on any html link with mailto protocol e.g.

<a href="mailto:myemail@example.com">Click to send me email!</a>

It opens my default email application (thunderbird) but populate address field with wrong address. It prepends /// to email address. So in above case, recipient will looks like this

///myemail@example.com

instead of

myemail@example.com

Same issue is with skype urls. i.e.

<a href="skype:myusername?chat">Click to chat with me!</a>

It will open skype window with wrong user by prepending slash (/) same happen as with email address.

Any help in this regard will be appreciated.

Not a great idea putting real-life email address in a public website, have updated it... hope you don't mind — freefaller, Jun 02 '15 at 11:49
What's your specific chrome version (`chrome://version`)? It works fine for me on `42.0.2311.153 (Official Build) (64-bit)`. — Huey, Jun 02 '15 at 12:16
Side note that might not be related to your issue. You are not properly closing the anchor tag in the first code snippet. — Halim Qarroum, Jun 02 '15 at 12:17
does opening mailto links in thunderbird work correctly on other sites? — atmd, Jun 02 '15 at 12:18
@HalimQarroum tag is properly closed and it works fine on firefox. Issue is only with chrome. — Shahzad Tariq, Jun 02 '15 at 12:18
No, chrome open every mailto (mine and other sites on internet) with wrong email address. — Shahzad Tariq, Jun 02 '15 at 12:19
I'm using Windows and version "43.0.2357.81 m" of Chrome and it works with both Outlook (I don't have Thunderbird) and Skype. Can it have anything to do with chrome on ubuntu? — Kamelkent, Jun 02 '15 at 12:23
Yes i think it is something wrong with 15.04 and chrome. I have tested it on my colleague system with ubuntu 14.04 and windows and it works fine. Issue is only with ubuntu 15.04 with chrome. — Shahzad Tariq, Jun 02 '15 at 12:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 18 '15 at 08:10

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There is issue of gvfs package on ubuntu 15.04 which is responsible for opening files or performing actions using default program.

gvfs package opens mailto with wrong address. Remove this package

sudo apt-get purge gvfs

And, It will work fine, for both mailto and skype.

edited Aug 18 '15 at 08:10

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answered Jun 04 '15 at 07:36

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '15 at 11:40

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By purging gvfs, many programs starts to misbehave. It also made file explorer and desktop files inaccessible.

This is known issue in ubuntu 15.04 and hopefully solved in next stable release.

answered Aug 21 '15 at 11:40

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HTML tag mailto generates wrong address

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