[Bug 308598] New: Kmail seems to ignore the base tag when showing html formatted mail

Thu Oct 18 13:14:55 BST 2012

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308598

            Bug ID: 308598
          Severity: normal
           Version: 4.8.5
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: Kmail seems to ignore the base tag when showing html
                    formatted mail
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: johan.erlands at gmail.com
          Hardware: Ubuntu Packages
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kmail2

I get a mail that uses the base tag. When i look  at the links (hoover the
mouse over them) included in the mail i see that the base url is excluded and
file:// is used instead.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Send this mail using telnet or whathever:
<html>
  <head>
    <base href="http://bugs.kde.org"/>
  </head>
  <body>
    <a href="test.html">link</a>
  </body>
</html>

2. Look at the mail in kmail. kmail is ignoring the base tag. and is adding
file:// prefix insted. 

Actual Results:  
link points to: file:///test.html

Expected Results:  
link points to: http://bugs.kde.org/test.html

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