This is just a tracking bug for all URI issues for news.

assignee --> me.

Bug 11076 - *.eml, news://host/article or imap:// should open the article/mail in a new mail window Bug 36662 - news:group or news://host/group urls (autosubscribing or not) should select newsgroup in the folder pane (which will load threadpane) Bug 89939 - URI-parser fails for news:3B48D5FC.3030004@sc.rr.com Bug 108297 - Move URI parsing to ParseUrl() from LoadUrl() Bug 108877 - Support <news:msg-id> URLs (isn't this a DUP of bug 89939?)

Adding more news:/URI bug items to list: Bug 16343: Default mail and default nntp server/account (needed for news:<group> URI resolution) Bug 41133: news://host/article will add server if not already configured (rather than simply showing the article; related to 11076) Bug 64142: when running a news:group url, pop up a dialog that allows a user to choose server Bug 77195: support news, imap, mailbox message urls from the browser (needed bookmarking) (the news portion of this bug seems to be implemented...) Bug 80972: running a news://host/message-id url for an expired article in the browser window will load the "Error" html in the 3 pane (rather than in the browser; related to 11076) Bug 110841: news:// with a null argument prompts, "Would you like to subscribe to 9?" (bogus confirmation message) Bug 129574: Autosubscribe/expired message links open in new window (should use current mail/news window instead) Bug 201721: 'news:' URL from external source spawns extra blank window

Adding bugs from previous comment. pi

I'm no longer at Netscape/AOL, but I suspect these tracking bugs may be useful for those still actively involved, as well as future development. QA and assignee changes -> nobody@mozilla.org

Adding other news URI bugs as blockers: Bug 133793: URL "@" in news URLs should not be escaped Bug 175292: nntp URL scheme broken Bug 392729: Links for nntp and news Protocols Ignored