diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURL.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURL.java
index a35888020..b39cca1b4 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURL.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURL.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class MultiProtocolURL implements Serializable, Comparable<MultiProtocolU
 
         int p = url.indexOf("://");
         if (p < 0) {
-            if (url.startsWith("mailto:")) {
+            if (url.length() > 7 && url.substring(0,7).equalsIgnoreCase("mailto:")) {
                 p = 6;
             } else {
                 url = "http://" + url;
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java b/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java
index 54dcf21c3..62f518d74 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/Document.java
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ dc_rights
         return this.lat;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * sorts all links (anchors) into individual collections
+     */
     private void resortLinks() {
         if (this.resorted) return;
         synchronized (this) {
@@ -513,6 +516,14 @@ dc_rights
             }
             for (final AnchorURL url: this.anchors) {
                 if (url == null) continue;
+                u = url.toNormalform(true);
+                final String name = url.getNameProperty();
+                // check mailto scheme first (not suppose to get into in/outboundlinks or hyperlinks -> crawler can't process)
+                if (url.getProtocol().equals("mailto")) {
+                    this.emaillinks.put(u.substring(7), name); // TODO: check why key as string instead of Disgest/AnchorURL
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 final boolean noindex = url.getRelProperty().toLowerCase().indexOf("noindex",0) >= 0;
                 final boolean nofollow = url.getRelProperty().toLowerCase().indexOf("nofollow",0) >= 0;
                 if ((thishost == null && url.getHost() == null) ||
@@ -523,31 +534,24 @@ dc_rights
                 } else {
                     this.outboundlinks.put(url, "anchor" + (noindex ? " noindex" : "") + (nofollow ? " nofollow" : ""));
                 }
-                u = url.toNormalform(true);
-                final String name = url.getNameProperty();
-                if (u.startsWith("mailto:")) {
-                    this.emaillinks.put(u.substring(7), name);
-                } else {
-                    extpos = u.lastIndexOf('.');
-                    if (extpos > 0) {
-                        if (((qpos = u.indexOf('?')) >= 0) && (qpos > extpos)) {
-                            ext = u.substring(extpos + 1, qpos).toLowerCase();
-                        } else {
-                            ext = u.substring(extpos + 1).toLowerCase();
-                        }
-                        if (Classification.isMediaExtension(ext)) {
-                            // this is not a normal anchor, its a media link
-                            if (Classification.isImageExtension(ext)) {
-                                collectedImages.put(url, new ImageEntry(url, name, -1, -1, -1));
-                            }
-                            else if (Classification.isAudioExtension(ext)) this.audiolinks.put(url, name);
-                            else if (Classification.isVideoExtension(ext)) this.videolinks.put(url, name);
-                            else if (Classification.isApplicationExtension(ext)) this.applinks.put(url, name);
-                        }
+                extpos = u.lastIndexOf('.');
+                if (extpos > 0) {
+                    if (((qpos = u.indexOf('?')) >= 0) && (qpos > extpos)) {
+                        ext = u.substring(extpos + 1, qpos).toLowerCase();
+                    } else {
+                        ext = u.substring(extpos + 1).toLowerCase();
+                    }
+                    if (Classification.isMediaExtension(ext)) {
+                        // this is not a normal anchor, its a media link
+                        if (Classification.isImageExtension(ext)) { // TODO: guess on a-tag href extension (may not be correct)
+                            collectedImages.put(url, new ImageEntry(url, name, -1, -1, -1));
+                        } else if (Classification.isAudioExtension(ext)) this.audiolinks.put(url, name);
+                          else if (Classification.isVideoExtension(ext)) this.videolinks.put(url, name);
+                          else if (Classification.isApplicationExtension(ext)) this.applinks.put(url, name);
                     }
-                    // in any case we consider this as a link and let the parser decide if that link can be followed
-                    this.hyperlinks.put(url, name);
                 }
+                // in any case we consider this as a link and let the parser decide if that link can be followed
+                this.hyperlinks.put(url, name);
             }
 
             // add image links that we collected from the anchors to the image map
diff --git a/test/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURLTest.java b/test/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURLTest.java
index 94d0d9118..b3c3abf14 100644
--- a/test/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURLTest.java
+++ b/test/net/yacy/cora/document/id/MultiProtocolURLTest.java
@@ -144,6 +144,28 @@ public class MultiProtocolURLTest {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test getProtocol()
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetProtocol() throws MalformedURLException {
+        Map<String, String> testurls = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        // ( 1. parameter = urlstring to test, 2. parameter = expected protocol)
+        testurls.put("http://host.com",  "http");
+        testurls.put("HTTPS://host.com", "https");
+        testurls.put("Ftp://host.com",   "ftp");
+        testurls.put("SMB://host.com",   "smb");
+        testurls.put("/file.com",        "file");
+        testurls.put("file://host.com/file.com", "file");
+        testurls.put("MailTo:Abc@host.com",      "mailto");
+
+        for (String txt : testurls.keySet()) {
+            MultiProtocolURL url = new MultiProtocolURL(txt);
+            assertEquals("test " + txt, url.getProtocol(), testurls.get(txt));
+
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test of toNormalform method, of class MultiProtocolURL.
      */