diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsJSMsgAppCore.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsJSMsgAppCore.cpp
index ecefb9386e4..e3c0a0155ee 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsJSMsgAppCore.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsJSMsgAppCore.cpp
@@ -259,10 +259,14 @@ MsgAppCoreOpenURL(JSContext *cx, JSObject *obj, uintN argc, jsval *argv, jsval *
 
     nsJSUtils::nsConvertJSValToString(b0, cx, argv[0]);
 
-    if (NS_OK != nativeThis->OpenURL(b0)) {
+	char * url = b0.ToNewCString();
+
+    if (NS_OK != nativeThis->OpenURL(url)) {
       return JS_FALSE;
     }
 
+	delete [] url;
+
     *rval = JSVAL_VOID;
   }
   else {
diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp
index fec22693d3f..8d9a066e4af 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/src/nsMsgAppCore.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
   NS_IMETHOD Open3PaneWindow();
   NS_IMETHOD GetNewMail();
   NS_IMETHOD SetWindow(nsIDOMWindow* aWin);
-  NS_IMETHOD OpenURL(nsAutoString& url);
+  NS_IMETHOD OpenURL(char * url);
 
 private:
   
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ nsMsgAppCore::SetWindow(nsIDOMWindow* aWin)
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
-nsMsgAppCore::OpenURL(nsAutoString& url)
+nsMsgAppCore::OpenURL(char * url)
 {
     // here's where we call mscott's LoadURL...
 	// mscott: right now, this only works for news urls!!!!