Mailto link not working

[Bikerdave]

I have seen several posts on the problem where you insert a link into content for email but when clicking there is a string of code transferred rather than just the email address.

the only fix I have found is to turn off the email cloaking plugin which defeats the object of having email cloaking.

However, I have found a solution that appears to work though I have no idea why and as its a 1.5 site that will be upgraded I am not going to spend any more time on it.

If you have an email link using the words John Doe in the article content with [email protected] as the link you will get the java code transferred but if you have [email protected] in the article content it will work correctly. (With email cloaking plugin turned on)


This works

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<a mce_href="mailto:[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>

This does not work

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<a mce_href="mailto:[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]">John Doe</a>

(The site in on 1.5.26 and using php5.4)

Hope this helps.