#948278 mutt: mailto functionality in Firefox fails, "no recipients specified"

Package:
mutt
Source:
mutt
Description:
text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
Submitter:
"Eduard Bloch"
Date:
2026-06-26 17:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#948278#5
Date:
2020-01-06 12:04:49 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

Configured mutt as mail program, as explained at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Tried to mail a link from FF menu or pressing a mailto link somewhere.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Nothing visible happens. In .xsession-errors, we find:

Es wurden keine Empfänger angegeben.

(litereally: no recipients were specified)

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Open mutt in a x-terminal-emulator session. And ask me for the recipient or open plain editor (if configured). Or show the mail creation editor where I can edit to/cc. Whatever, it must not just break silently.

Strace reveals this:

24827 execve("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/gio-launch-desktop", ["/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/gio-launch-desktop", "mutt", "mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fkb%2Fchange-program-used-open-email-links&subject=Change%20the%20program%20used%20to%20open%20email%20links%20%7C%20Firefox%20Help"], 0x7f4b0c76c000 /* 76 vars */ <unfinished ...>

Best regards,
Eduard.

#948278#12
Date:
2026-06-26 17:51:01 UTC
From:
To:
This is an xdg-utils bug which has been addressed upstream here:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/160